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This feed was created by mixing existing feeds from various sources.RSSMixSpecial Collections: Collection of Premier Proverb Scholar Opens at University of Vermonthttps://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/14/special-collections-collection-of-premier-proverb-scholar-opens-at-university-of-vermont/
From the Associated Press: University of Vermont Professor Wolfgang Mieder, thought to be the world’s premier paroemiologist, has been studying the concise statements for 50 years, amassing thousands of books and writings that are now housed in a new unique library named after him at the school. [Clip] The extensive library of about 9,000 volumes [&#8230;]<p>From the <a href="https://apnews.com/e70baa7560fc476a88eb7cbb609f4fc8">Associated Press:</a></p>
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<p class="c0140 c0134">University of Vermont Professor Wolfgang Mieder, thought to be the world’s premier paroemiologist, has been studying the concise statements for 50 years, amassing thousands of books and writings that are now housed in a new unique library named after him at the school.</p>
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<p class="c0140 c0134">The extensive library of about 9,000 volumes ranges from colleges of proverb including German, Chinese, Turkish and Hungarian to thousands of books and dissertations on what proverbs are, their origins and function. It includes, of course, Mieder’s own writings.</p>
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<p class="c0140 c0134">Mieder talked with UVM’s library officials but the school had no room for the books. That was until recently.</p>
<p class="c0140 c0134">In 2018, the school had just renovated a building that it considers to be its most architecturally important — the Billings Library — which over the years was no longer serving as a library. But a large lounge that returned to its original function as a reading and study room — with long tables — was lacking something on the rich wood-grained walls.</p>
<p class="c0140 c0134">“A room without books is like a body without soul,” as the proverb goes.</p>
<p class="c0140 c0134">Mieder’s collection soon found a home. The library opened in May.</p>
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<p>Read the <a href="https://apnews.com/e70baa7560fc476a88eb7cbb609f4fc8">Complete Article</a></p>
<p>See Also:<a href="https://www.uvm.edu/uvmnews/news/proverbial-happy-ending-scholars-massive-book-collection-finds-new-home"> Learn MUCH More via this August 2019 Article from the University of Vermont</a></p>
<p>See Also: <a href="https://www.chronicle.com/article/A-Scholar-of-Proverbs-Built-a/246681">A Scholar of Proverbs Built a Vast Collection of Books. Then Opportunity Knocked. (via COHE; July 15, 2019)</a></p>
<p>See Also: <a href="https://www.infodocket.com/2018/10/01/university-of-vermont-a-look-at-the-11-4-million-renovation-of-billings-library/">University of Vermont: A Look at the $11.4 Million Renovation of Billings Library (October 1, 2018)</a></p>
<p>See Also: <a href="https://www.uvm.edu/uvmnews/news/faculty-feature-wolfgang-mieder">2017 Video Interview with Dr. Mieder</a></p>NewsSat, 14 Sep 2019 16:40:28 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=119280Gary Price2019-09-14T16:40:28ZReport: “St. Louis Police Library Faces Uncertain Future as Department Makes Way for High-Tech Shooting Trainer”https://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/14/report-st-louis-police-library-faces-uncertain-future-as-department-makes-way-for-high-tech-shooting-trainer/
From The St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The St. Louis Police Library, among the first of its kind in the country, is a trove of new and old policing paraphernalia. But after seven decades in service, the library at the department’s downtown police academy is being dismantled, making way for a high-tech active-shooter training simulator. Now, a&#160;troop [&#8230;]<p>From <a href="https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/st-louis-police-library-faces-uncertain-future-as-department-makes/article_e0283207-1e66-5667-9bdd-7f4e32476384.html">The St. Louis Post-Dispatch:</a></p>
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<blockquote><p>The St. Louis Police Library, among the first of its kind in the country, is a trove of new and old policing paraphernalia. But after seven decades in service, the library at the department’s downtown police academy is being dismantled, making way for a high-tech active-shooter training simulator.</p>
<p>Now, a&#160;troop of retired officers is trying to find a new home for the library and its collection, which includes more than 20,000 books, thousands of photos and hundreds of one-of-a-kind artifacts. The last librarian to care for the collection, Barbara Miksicek, retired in 2016 after 34 years. She hasn’t been replaced.</p>
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<p>“As such, it has not had the visitation it has had in the past,” Woodling said. “The department, along with some of our retirees, are working to find a secure location to relocate the library’s collection so the public can enjoy it.”</p></blockquote>
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</div>NewsSat, 14 Sep 2019 12:43:58 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=119277Gary Price2019-09-14T12:43:58ZResearch Article “Research Applications of Primary Biodiversity Databases in the Digital Age”https://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/13/research-article-research-applications-of-primary-biodiversity-databases-in-the-digital-age/
The following article was recently published by PLoS ONE. Title Research Applications of Primary Biodiversity Databases in the Digital Age Authors Joan E. Ball-Damerow Field Museum of Natural History Laura Brenskelle Florida Museum of Natural History, U. of Florida Narayani Barve Florida Museum of Natural History, U. of Florida Pamela S. Soltis Florida Museum of [&#8230;]<p>The following article was recently published by PLoS ONE.</p>
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<p><a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215794">Research Applications of Primary Biodiversity Databases in the Digital Age</a></p>
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<p>Joan E. Ball-Damerow<br />
<em>Field Museum of Natural History</em></p>
<p>Laura Brenskelle<br />
<em>Florida Museum of Natural History, U. of Florida</em></p>
<p>Narayani Barve<br />
<em>Florida Museum of Natural History, U. of Florida</em></p>
<p>Pamela S. Soltis<br />
<em>Florida Museum of Natural History, U. of Florida</em></p>
<p>Petra Sierwald<br />
<em>Field Museum of Natural History</em></p>
<p>Rüdiger Bieler<br />
<em>Field Museum of Natural History</em></p>
<p>Raphael LaFrance<br />
<em>Florida Museum of Natural History, U. of Florida</em></p>
<p>Arturo H. Ariño<br />
<em>Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain</em></p>
<p>Robert P. Guralnick<br />
<em>Florida Museum of Natural History, U. of Florida</em></p>
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DOI: <em>10.1371/journal.pone.0215794</em></p>
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<blockquote><p>Our world is in the midst of unprecedented change—climate shifts and sustained, widespread habitat degradation have led to dramatic declines in biodiversity rivaling historical extinction events. At the same time, new approaches to publishing and integrating previously disconnected data resources promise to help provide the evidence needed for more efficient and effective conservation and management. Stakeholders have invested considerable resources to contribute to online databases of species occurrences. However, estimates suggest that only 10% of biocollections are available in digital form. The biocollections community must therefore continue to promote digitization efforts, which in part requires demonstrating compelling applications of the data.</p>
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<p>Our overarching goal is therefore to determine trends in use of mobilized species occurrence data since 2010, as online systems have grown and now provide over one billion records. To do this, we characterized 501 papers that use openly accessible biodiversity databases. Our standardized tagging protocol was based on key topics of interest, including: database(s) used, taxa addressed, general uses of data, other data types linked to species occurrence data, and data quality issues addressed. We found that the most common uses of online biodiversity databases have been to estimate species distribution and richness, to outline data compilation and publication, and to assist in developing species checklists or describing new species. Only 69% of papers in our dataset addressed one or more aspects of data quality, which is low considering common errors and biases known to exist in opportunistic datasets.</p>
<p>Globally, we find that biodiversity databases are still in the initial stages of data compilation. Novel and integrative applications are restricted to certain taxonomic groups and regions with higher numbers of quality records. Continued data digitization, publication, enhancement, and quality control efforts are necessary to make biodiversity science more efficient and relevant in our fast-changing environment.</p></blockquote>
<p>Direct to <a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215794">Full Text Article</a></p>
<p>See Also: <a href="https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/digital-records-of-preserved-plants-and-animals-change-how-scientists-explore-the-world/">Digital Records Of Preserved Plants and Animals Change How Scientists Explore the World (via Field Museum of Natural History; Florida Museum of Natural History, U. of Florida)</a></p>NewsFri, 13 Sep 2019 15:07:02 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=119259Gary Price2019-09-13T15:07:02ZEnhanced Research Tools: Search and Display Extracted Figures and Tables in OSTI.GOVhttps://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/13/research-tools-search-and-display-extracted-figures-and-tables-in-osti-gov/
From the U.S. Dept. of Energy: OSTI.GOV has introduced a search for figure and table images included in DOE’s collection of scientific and technical information. This innovative new feature allows users to search for and retrieve documents as usual, but the associated images are also retrieved, and can be viewed with the corresponding document or [&#8230;]<p>From the <a href="https://www.osti.gov/search-display-extracted-figures-tables-in-ostigov">U.S. Dept. of Energy:</a></p>
<blockquote><p><a href="https://www.osti.gov/search-display-extracted-figures-tables-in-ostigov">OSTI.GOV</a> has introduced a search for figure and table images included in DOE’s collection of scientific and technical information. This innovative new feature allows users to search for and retrieve documents as usual, but the associated images are also retrieved, and can be viewed with the corresponding document or in a separate tab for images only. Currently, over 5,000 documents have been mined for images, resulting in over 41,000 available for searching.</p>
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<p>To populate and power this image search, relevant figures and tables are extracted from full-text documents using modified open-source software, and then the images and associated metadata are carefully curated in-house to make them findable at OSTI.GOV. Emphasis has been placed on extracting visual materials from some of the newest full-text records in OSTI.GOV, specifically journal articles accepted manuscripts that have recently been released from embargo.</p>
<p>Users can take advantage of this feature by conducting a basic or advanced search as usual. Images that are returned based on those search criteria will be displayed in the new Figures/Tables tab at the top of the search results page. Selecting one of the image results will enlarge that result and display basic metadata, including the title of the document that contains the image, the related image caption, image size, and the location of the image in the document; the title of the document is linked to that document’s full bibliographic record at OSTI.GOV.</p></blockquote>
<p>Read the <a href="https://www.osti.gov/search-display-extracted-figures-tables-in-ostigov">Complete Overview</a></p>NewsFri, 13 Sep 2019 14:44:32 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=119254Gary Price2019-09-13T14:44:32ZYale Searches for a New University Librarianhttps://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/13/yale-searches-for-a-new-university-librarian/
From Yale Daily News (YDN): Yale is currently conducting a search for a new University Librarian to succeed Susan Gibbons, who was recently appointed to the expanded role [Clip] The Search Advisory Committee has created an online form that allows Yalies to anonymously nominate potential candidates to succeed Gibbons. Kraus highlighted that it was important [&#8230;]<p>From <a href="https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2019/09/13/yale-searches-for-new-university-librarian/">Yale Daily News (YDN):</a></p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="s1"><img class=" wp-image-119249 alignright" src="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-13_10-26-24.png" alt="" width="360" height="81" srcset="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-13_10-26-24.png 382w, https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-13_10-26-24-170x38.png 170w" sizes="(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px" />Yale is currently conducting a search for a new University Librarian to succeed Susan Gibbons, who was recently appointed to the expanded role </span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="s1">The Search Advisory Committee has created an online form that allows Yalies to anonymously nominate potential candidates to succeed Gibbons. Kraus highlighted that it was important for the committee to receive a great deal of input from the Yale community throughout the search.</span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="s2"> Former News Staff Columnist Leland Stange ’19 — who has been a vocal critic of the Bass library renovation this past year, particularly the plans to reduce the library’s book collection — said that for him, the most important duty of the University Librarian is to “preserve and foster the spirit of browsing.”</span></p>
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<p>Read the <a href="https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2019/09/13/yale-searches-for-new-university-librarian/">Complete Article</a></p>
<p>See Also: <a href="https://www.infodocket.com/2019/06/18/yale-university-susan-gibbons-appointed-vice-provost-for-collections-and-scholarly-communications/">Susan Gibbons Appointed Vice Provost For Collections And Scholarly Communications (June 18, 2019)</a></p>NewsFri, 13 Sep 2019 14:26:54 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=119248Gary Price2019-09-13T14:26:54ZReview: “Baltimore’s Pratt Central Library Emerges From Renovation with its Beauties Intact”https://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/13/baltimores-pratt-central-library-emerges-from-renovation-with-its-beauties-intact/
From The Baltimore Sun: A resplendent Central Enoch Pratt Free Library/State Library Resource Center has emerged on Cathedral Street in downtown Baltimore. After more than three years of a basement-to-attic renovation, the 1933 main library building is a proud palace of public learning. The majestic main hall has been scoured and shined. The structure’s central [&#8230;]<p>From <a href="https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-kelly-column-pratt-20190913-rfet442ownhjhlas5isgvzapjq-story.html">The Baltimore Sun:</a></p>
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<p>The majestic main hall has been scoured and shined. The structure’s central court atrium has new glass, lighting and a pristine, luminous interior. The design also achieved a welcome de-cluttering effect, and the place somehow seems larger than it ever was.</p>
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<p>A walk around the library shows this restoration was not a patch-up job. It was a lengthy campaign — it cost $115 million — to mend a structure that for more than 80 years has been a hard-used people’s university. Those who feared that the renovation would make the Pratt into a soulless computer information technology lab need not worry. The building retains the architectural dignity it always possessed.</p></blockquote>
<p>Read the <a href="https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-kelly-column-pratt-20190913-rfet442ownhjhlas5isgvzapjq-story.html">Complete Article, Video Video</a></p>
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</div>NewsFri, 13 Sep 2019 12:55:56 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=119240Gary Price2019-09-13T12:55:56ZUSC Libraries Digitizing ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USChttps://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/12/usc-libraries-to-digitize-lgbt-archives/
From The Daily Trojan: The ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC, the world’s largest collection of LGBTQ materials, will complete its archive of historical documents by November. ONE Archives, which is located on West Adams Boulevard, is the oldest existing LGBTQ organization in the United States and houses over two million items, including texts [&#8230;]<p>From <a href="https://dailytrojan.com/2019/09/11/usc-libraries-to-digitize-lgbt-archives/">The Daily Trojan:</a></p>
<blockquote><p><img class=" wp-image-119230 alignright" src="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-12_20-30-26.png" alt="" width="342" height="105" srcset="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-12_20-30-26.png 469w, https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-12_20-30-26-170x52.png 170w" sizes="(max-width: 342px) 100vw, 342px" />The <a class="clutterFree_existingDuplicate clutterFree_noIcon cf_div_theme_dark" href="https://one.usc.edu/">ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC</a>, the world’s largest collection of LGBTQ materials, will complete its archive of historical documents by November. ONE Archives, which is located on West Adams Boulevard, is the oldest existing LGBTQ organization in the United States and houses over two million items, including texts and art from the 1900s.</p>
<p>Michael Gorse, assistant director of the LGBT Resource Center, said that digitizing the material will uphold the archives’ mission to make historical resources more accessible while promoting awareness of LGBTQ history. The project is currently in its final stages of digitization.</p>
<p>“I think often times throughout history, LGBT history even, in history of marginalized communities [there] has often been attempts to be erased or forgotten intentionally by folks who are anti-us,” Gorse said. “Before [digitizing] … students would still have to go in person to see it, so there’s a physical barrier … This allows increased access to these materials, expand our reach of education and the preservation of knowledge, and in case something ever happens to the physical documents … to have another format.”</p></blockquote>
<p>Read the <a href="https://dailytrojan.com/2019/09/11/usc-libraries-to-digitize-lgbt-archives/">Complete Article</a></p>
<p>See Also: <a href="https://libraries.usc.edu/article/writ-signs-1960s-lgbtq-civil-rights-struggles">Writ in Signs: 1960s LGBTQ Civil Rights Struggles (via USC Libraries)</a></p>
<p>See Also: <a class="cf_div_theme_dark" href="https://one.usc.edu/collections">Search Various ONE Collections</a> Including <a href="http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p15799coll4">Digitized Items</a></p>NewsFri, 13 Sep 2019 00:32:43 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=119229Gary Price2019-09-13T00:32:43ZLeonardo da Vinci: A New Exhibit From Stanford Libraries: “Leonardo’s Library: Online”https://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/12/new-from-stanford-libraries-leonardos-library-online/
From the Stanford Libraries &#8220;Special Collections Unbound&#8221; Blog: In May, 2019, three colleagues launched an exhibit to mark the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci&#8217;s death by celebrating the books and ideas that shaped his world. Leonardo&#8217;s Library: The World of a Renaissance Reader will be on display through mid-October in the Green Library Bing Wing. [&#8230;]<p>From the <a href="https://library.stanford.edu/blogs/spec-unbound">Stanford Libraries &#8220;<span class="inline even">Special Collections Unbound&#8221; Blog:</span></a></p>
<blockquote><p>In May, 2019, three colleagues launched an exhibit to mark the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci&#8217;s death by celebrating the books and ideas that shaped his world. <em>Leonardo&#8217;s Library: The World of a Renaissance Reader</em> will be on display through mid-October in the Green Library Bing Wing. The three colleagues, Prof. Paula Findlen, John Mustain (Emeritus Curator of Rare Books), and Elizabeth Fischbach (exhibits designer and manager for Stanford Libraries Special Collections), brought a wealth of knowledge, expertise, and experience to a real blockbuster demonstration of what can be accomplished when Stanford faculty, libraries, and a team of exceptional students come together to tell a story with our collections. We&#8217;re happy to announce a new online exhibit, <a class="clutterFree_existingDuplicate clutterFree_noIcon cf_div_theme_dark" href="https://exhibits.stanford.edu/leonardo">https://exhibits.stanford.edu/leonardo</a>, to parallel and augment the physical experience and preserve a memory of this event for posterity.</p>
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<p>Learn <a href="https://library.stanford.edu/blogs/special-collections-unbound/2019/09/leonardos-library-online">Much More About the New Online Exhibit in the Complete Blog Post (approx. 640 words)</a></p>
<p>Direct to Online Exhibit: <a href="https://library.stanford.edu/blogs/special-collections-unbound/2019/09/leonardos-library-online"><em>Leonardo&#8217;s Library: The World of a Renaissance Reader</em></a></p>NewsThu, 12 Sep 2019 19:07:56 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=119217Gary Price2019-09-12T19:07:56ZCitations Not Required: “Amazon Will Let Anyone Answer Your Alexa Questions Now”https://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/12/citations-not-required-amazon-will-let-anyone-answer-your-alexa-questions-now/
From FastCompany: The next time you ask a question to Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant, the answer might come from another Alexa user. Starting today, Amazon is publicly launching a program called Alexa Answers, which lets anyone field questions asked by users for which Alexa doesn’t already have a response—ones such as: What states surround Illinois? What’s [&#8230;]<p>From <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90402924/exclusive-amazon-will-let-anyone-answer-your-alexa-questions-now">FastCompany:</a></p>
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<p>As we’ve seen on platforms such as YouTube and Reddit, web communities can easily become overrun with trolls and other bad actors. Amazon itself has run into issues with <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/buyer-beware-a-scourge-of-fake-online-reviews-is-hitting-amazon-walmart-and-other-major-retailers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">fake reviews</a> and occasional “<a href="https://deadline.com/2018/04/amazon-com-limiting-reviews-of-james-comeys-a-higher-loyalty-1202373551/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">review brigading</a>” on its retail site. With Wikipedia having <a href="https://mashable.com/article/best-wikipedia-edit-trolls/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">an ongoing vandalism problem</a>, Alexa Answers would seem to run the risk of being poisoned with “answers” that are offensive or inaccurate. Even people with good intentions could supply incorrect information.</p>
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<p>Amazon also isn’t requiring any kind of citation in its responses. That means Alexa Answers participants can’t easily check where information is coming from before upvoting it, and users will only hear “According to an Amazon customer” as the information source in Alexa’s responses. Barton says people just haven’t been asking for citations so far, but he believes a mass of voting across lots of users is a good enough signal for accuracy anyway.</p>
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<p>Read the <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90402924/exclusive-amazon-will-let-anyone-answer-your-alexa-questions-now">Complete Article (approx. 1300 words)</a></p>NewsThu, 12 Sep 2019 18:38:23 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=119211Gary Price2019-09-12T18:38:23ZNew Video: Laurie Anderson with Neil Gaiman, Recorded at the 92nd Street Y in New York Cityhttps://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/12/new-video-laurie-anderson-with-neil-gaiman-at-the-92nd-street-y-in-new-york-city/
New online today from the 92 Street Y in New York City. From the Video Description: Artist, composer, filmmaker, performer — Laurie Anderson is the definition of a Renaissance woman, and she’s busier than ever. Join this endlessly inventive polymath for a wide-ranging conversation on creativity and Anderson’s exciting future projects with author Neil Gaiman. [&#8230;]<p>New online today from the 92 Street Y in New York City.</p>
<p>From the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It241Zy4DaI">Video Description:</a></p>
<blockquote><p>Artist, composer, filmmaker, performer — Laurie Anderson is the definition of a Renaissance woman, and she’s busier than ever. Join this endlessly inventive polymath for a wide-ranging conversation on creativity and Anderson’s exciting future projects with author Neil Gaiman. Recorded April 17, 2018 at 92nd Street Y.</p></blockquote>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/It241Zy4DaI" width="589" height="331" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>NewsThu, 12 Sep 2019 16:04:12 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=119201Gary Price2019-09-12T16:04:12ZBranding: Toronto Public Library Looks Beyond Books in Rebrandhttps://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/12/branding-toronto-public-library-looks-beyond-books-in-rebrand/
From Strategy: Toronto Public Library (TPL) has begun promoting a new brand identity, part of a bigger customer experience strategy aimed at helping meet the changing needs of its customer base and connect them with the full range of services it offers. [Clip] Participants in that process told TPL they wanted increased visibility of its [&#8230;]<p>From <a href="http://strategyonline.ca/2019/09/09/toronto-public-library-looks-beyond-books-in-rebrand/">Strategy:</a></p>
<blockquote><p><img class="wp-image-119190 alignright" src="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-12_08-14-12.png" alt="" width="317" height="93" srcset="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-12_08-14-12.png 538w, https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-12_08-14-12-170x50.png 170w" sizes="(max-width: 317px) 100vw, 317px" />Toronto Public Library (TPL) has begun promoting a new brand identity, part of a bigger customer experience strategy aimed at helping meet the changing needs of its customer base and connect them with the full range of services it offers.</p>
<p>[Clip]</p>
<p>Participants in that process told TPL they wanted increased visibility of its spaces and services, more personalization and more welcoming online and in-branch experiences, as well as exceptional customer service. They expressed a desire for more opportunities for staff and customers to collaborate and engage with TPL, and wanted TPL to “stay true to its roots.”</p>
<p>The new identity, created by agency Trajectory in partnership with OCAD University’s Inclusive Design Research Centre and Design Futures Lab, aims to bring greater flexibility and visibility to the design, based on the library’s “Activate Something Great” tagline.</p></blockquote>
<p>Read the <a href="http://strategyonline.ca/2019/09/09/toronto-public-library-looks-beyond-books-in-rebrand/">Complete Article</a></p>
<p>ICYMI <a class="clutterFree_existingDuplicate clutterFree_noIcon cf_div_theme_dark" href="https://torontopubliclibrary.typepad.com/news_releases/2019/09/tpl-and-the-ttc-partner-to-launch-campaign-to-provide-free-ebooks-to-commuters.html">TPL and the TTC Partner to Launch Campaign to Provide Free Ebooks to Commuters</a></p>NewsThu, 12 Sep 2019 12:16:20 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=119189Gary Price2019-09-12T12:16:20ZThe British Library’s Latest Campaign Celebrates “All Types of Research”https://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/12/the-british-librarys-latest-campaign-celebrates-all-types-of-research/
From Design Week: A new text-based campaign for the British Library aims to celebrate the diversity of its offerings. [Clip] Outside the British Library — the UK’s national library — a fifteen-word billboard “plays with a hierarchy of the offers found within”, according to [designer Tom] Sharp. The playful poster lists “shops”, “cafés” and then [&#8230;]<p>From <a class="clutterFree_existingDuplicate clutterFree_noIcon cf_div_theme_dark" href="https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/9-15-september-2019/british-library-campaign/">Design Week:</a></p>
<blockquote><p>A new text-based campaign for the British Library aims to celebrate the diversity of its offerings.</p>
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<p>Outside the British Library — the UK’s national library — a fifteen-word billboard “plays with a hierarchy of the offers found within”, according to [designer Tom] Sharp.</p>
<p><img class="wp-image-119178 aligncenter" src="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-12_07-19-36.png" alt="" width="495" height="304" srcset="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-12_07-19-36.png 655w, https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-12_07-19-36-170x104.png 170w" sizes="(max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px" /></p>
<p>The playful poster lists “shops”, “cafés” and then “the whole wealth of human knowledge, endeavour and experience to date”. The copy is written in the British Library’s brand font, Syntax.</p>
<p>Inside the building, located at St Pancras, the campaign continues with a lengthy poster based around the word “research”.</p></blockquote>
<p>Read the <a class="clutterFree_existingDuplicate clutterFree_noIcon cf_div_theme_dark" href="https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/9-15-september-2019/british-library-campaign/">Complete Article, View Additional Images</a></p>NewsThu, 12 Sep 2019 11:24:52 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=119177Gary Price2019-09-12T11:24:52ZRoundup (September 12, 2019)https://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/12/roundup-september-12-2019/
Cornell Professor Lars Vilhuber Spearheads Change in Economics Journal Policy Europe: OPERAS Receives Funding to Develop its Infrastructure and Services Google is Now Placing More Importance on Original Reporting in the Ranking of News Search Results (via Google Blog) Michigan Publishing and LYRASIS Announce Partnership to Deliver ACLS Humanities E-Book Collection Milestones: Hypothesis Passes 7 [&#8230;]<p tabindex="-1" data-thread-perm-id="thread-f:1644396240973489213|msg-f:1644396240973489213" data-legacy-thread-id="16d211ab3536643d"><a href="https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2019/09/ilrs-vilhuber-spearheads-change-economics-journal-policy">Cornell Professor Lars Vilhuber Spearheads Change in Economics Journal Policy</a></p>
<p class="hP" tabindex="-1" data-thread-perm-id="thread-f:1644396240973489213|msg-f:1644396240973489213" data-legacy-thread-id="16d211ab3536643d"><a href="https://operas.hypotheses.org/2774">Europe: OPERAS Receives Funding to Develop its Infrastructure and Services</a></p>
<p tabindex="-1" data-thread-perm-id="thread-f:1644396240973489213|msg-f:1644396240973489213" data-legacy-thread-id="16d211ab3536643d"><a href="https://www.blog.google/products/search/original-reporting/">Google is Now Placing More Importance on Original Reporting in the Ranking of News Search Results (via Google Blog)</a></p>
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<p><a style="font-size: inherit;" href="https://web.hypothes.is/blog/hypothesis-7-million-annotations-and-counting/">Milestones: Hypothesis Passes 7 Millions Annotations, More Than 1 Million Annotations Now Added Being Added Quarterly</a></p>
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<p tabindex="-1" data-thread-perm-id="thread-f:1644396240973489213|msg-f:1644396240973489213" data-legacy-thread-id="16d211ab3536643d"><a href="https://blog.frontiersin.org/2019/09/12/yale-university-and-frontiers-form-open-access-publishing-agreement/">Open Access Publishing: Yale University and Frontiers Announce Institutional Agreement </a></p>NewsThu, 12 Sep 2019 04:01:55 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=119188Gary Price2019-09-12T04:01:55ZA New Report From the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) Analyzes the Impact of the Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives Programhttps://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/11/a-new-report-from-the-council-on-library-and-information-resources-clir-analyzes-the-impact-of-the-cataloging-hidden-special-collections-and-archives-program/
From CLIR: A new report from CLIR analyzes the impact of the Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives program. The Foundations of Discovery, by Joy M. Banks, presents the results of a comprehensive analysis of final reports from all 128 projects funded through the program. Running from 2008–2014, the program granted more than $27.4 million [&#8230;]<p>From <a href="https://www.clir.org/2019/09/clir-report-examines-impact-of-cataloging-hidden-special-collections-and-archives-program/">CLIR:</a></p>
<blockquote><p><img class="wp-image-119174 alignright" src="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-11_20-39-15.png" alt="" width="298" height="257" srcset="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-11_20-39-15.png 518w, https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-11_20-39-15-170x146.png 170w" sizes="(max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px" />A new report from CLIR analyzes the impact of the Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives program. <a href="https://www.clir.org/pubs-reports-pub177/"><i>The Foundations of Discovery</i></a>, by Joy M. Banks, presents the results of a comprehensive analysis of final reports from all 128 projects funded through the program.</p>
<p>Running from 2008–2014, the program granted more than $27.4 million to academic, cultural heritage, and other collecting institutions to catalog “hidden” collections of high scholarly value. The program brought more than 4,000 collections to light in more than 160 institutions in the United States and Canada.</p>
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<p>The report draws four main conclusions about the program:</p>
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<li>The investment made in cataloging materials across the United States and Canada made a significant impact on the culture of collecting institutions and the attitudes held about the importance of historic collections and the people that work with them.</li>
<li>Recipient institutions represented a diversity of types and sizes of gallery, library, archives and museum (GLAM) organizations, which allowed for an impressive breadth and depth of item types made accessible through the program.</li>
<li>Long-term sustainability of online catalogs is challenging for many of these institutions. Library support organizations like CLIR must determine what, if any, resources or advice they can offer to constituents facing difficult financial decisions affecting the availability of collection descriptions over time.</li>
<li>In an increasingly digital research environment, there is a pressing need for search and discovery systems that bring together descriptions of both physical and digital artifacts so that researchers can learn about them alongside one another.</li>
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<p>Direct to <a href="https://www.clir.org/2019/09/clir-report-examines-impact-of-cataloging-hidden-special-collections-and-archives-program/">Complete Publication Announcement</a></p>
<p>Direct to <a href="https://www.clir.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2016/09/pub177.pdf">Full Text Report</a><br />
<em>35 pages; PDF.</em></p>
<p>Direct to <a href="https://clir-dlf.app.box.com/s/3fzz33qmuwl9hn8t8tum1h9thh00p7tt">GLAM Stats and Supplemental Data</a></p>NewsThu, 12 Sep 2019 00:40:44 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=119173Gary Price2019-09-12T00:40:44ZLIBER Webinar Recording: “Innovating The Ways Metrics Are Applied, Responsible Metrics & Measuring Openness”https://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/11/liber-webinar-recording-innovating-the-ways-metrics-are-applied-responsible-metrics-measuring-openness/
A video recording of a LIBER (Association of European Research Libraries) webinar held yesterday (September 10, 2019) and titled, &#8220;Innovating The Ways Metrics Are Applied, Responsible Metrics &#38; Measuring Openness&#8221; is now available online and embedded below. Here&#8217;s the Webinar Description: How can we measure the state of openness of research? Why are responsible research [&#8230;]<p>A video recording of a LIBER (Association of European Research Libraries) webinar held yesterday (September 10, 2019) and titled, &#8220;Innovating The Ways Metrics Are Applied, Responsible Metrics &#38; Measuring Openness&#8221; is now <a class="clutterFree_existingDuplicate clutterFree_noIcon cf_div_theme_dark" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaIIvBPYhhE">available online</a> and embedded below.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the <a href="https://libereurope.eu/events/liber-webinar-innovating-the-ways-metrics-are-applied-responsible-metrics-measuring-openness/">Webinar Description:</a></p>
<blockquote><p>How can we measure the state of openness of research? Why are responsible research indicators important? What role do institutional managers play in adopting them? Among others, these questions were discussed in this webinar hosted by Charlotte Wien, Head of LIBER’s Innovative Metrics Working Group.</p>
<p>Our speakers were Isabella Peters (ZBW Leibniz Information Centre for Economics) and Sarah Slowe (University of Kent).</p>
<p>After a brief introduction of the work of LIBER’s Innovative Metrics Working Group by Charlotte Wien, Isabella Peters talked about various approaches that both quantitatively and qualitatively measure the state of openness of research. Her presentation also discussed reasons that may motivate open science assessment frameworks and whether they tackle the concept “openness” appropriately.</p>
<p>Our second speaker, Sarah Slowe, looked at responsible metrics and why management matters. This presentation covered why responsible research indicators are important and the role that institutional managers have in their adoption. She outlined the various approaches being adopted by institutions, including DORA, the Leiden Manifesto and the Metric Tide, and then discussed key information that institutional managers need to consider in using research metrics to inform institutional policy.</p></blockquote>
<p>Slides from the <a href="https://zenodo.org/record/3403714">webinar are available via Zenodo.</a></p>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PaIIvBPYhhE" width="589" height="331" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>NewsWed, 11 Sep 2019 19:18:15 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=119168Gary Price2019-09-11T19:18:15ZConference Paper: “The Memento Tracer Framework: Balancing Quality and Scalability for Web Archiving”https://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/11/conference-paper-the-memento-tracer-framework-balancing-quality-and-scalability-for-web-archiving/
The following paper (open access version) was presented today at the TPDL 2019 (23rd International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries) taking place this week in Oslo, Norway. Title The Memento Tracer Framework: Balancing Quality and Scalability for Web Archiving Authors Martin Klein Los Alamos National Laboratory Harihar Shankar Los Alamos National Laboratory [&#8230;]<p>The following paper (open access version) was presented today at the <a href="http://www.tpdl.eu/tpdl2019/">TPDL 2019 (23rd International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries)</a> taking place this week in Oslo, Norway.</p>
<p><strong>Title</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1909.04404">The Memento Tracer Framework: Balancing Quality and Scalability for Web Archiving</a></p>
<p><strong>Authors</strong></p>
<p>Martin Klein<br />
<em>Los Alamos National Laboratory</em></p>
<p>Harihar Shankar<br />
<em>Los Alamos National Laboratory</em></p>
<p>Lyudmila Balakireva<br />
<em>Los Alamos National Laboratory</em></p>
<p>Herbert Van de Sompel<br />
<em>Data Archiving and Networked Services, The Netherlands</em></p>
<p><strong>Source</strong></p>
<p>via arXiv</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>Abstract</strong></p>
<p>Web archiving frameworks are commonly assessed by the quality of their archival records and by their ability to operate at scale. The ubiquity of dynamic web content poses a significant challenge for crawler-based solutions such as the Internet Archive that are optimized for scale. Human driven services such as the Webrecorder tool provide high-quality archival captures but are not optimized to operate at scale. We introduce the Memento Tracer framework that aims to balance archival quality and scalability. We outline its concept and architecture and evaluate its archival quality and operation at scale. Our findings indicate quality is on par or better compared against established archiving frameworks and operation at scale comes with a manageable overhead.</p></blockquote>
<p>Direct to <a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1909.04404">Full Text Paper</a><br />
<em>14 pages; PDF.</em></p>NewsWed, 11 Sep 2019 18:49:05 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=119165Gary Price2019-09-11T18:49:05ZUniversity of British Columbia Library’s Chung Collection is Added to the Canadian Commission for UNESCO’s Canada Memory of the World Registerhttps://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/11/university-of-british-columbia-librarys-chung-collection-is-added-to-the-canadian-commission-for-unescos-canada-memory-of-the-world-register/
From the University of British Columbia Library: UBC Library’s Chung Collection has been added to the Canadian Commission for UNESCO’s Canada Memory of the World Register in recognition of its historical value. Showcasing the most significant documents of our heritage, UNESCO’s Memory of the World program is an international initiative launched to safeguard the documentary heritage of humanity [&#8230;]<p>From the <a href="https://about.library.ubc.ca/2019/09/11/ubc-librarys-chung-collection-is-added-to-the-canadian-commission-for-unescos-canada-memory-of-the-world-register/">University of British Columbia Library:</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://chung.library.ubc.ca/">UBC Library’s Chung Collection</a> has been added to the Canadian Commission for UNESCO’s Canada Memory of the World Register in recognition of its historical value.</p>
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<p>Showcasing the most significant documents of our heritage, <a href="https://en.unesco.org/programme/mow">UNESCO’s Memory of the World </a><a href="https://en.unesco.org/programme/mow">program</a> is an international initiative launched to safeguard the documentary heritage of humanity against collective amnesia, neglect, the ravages of time and climatic conditions, and wilful and deliberate destruction. It calls for the preservation of valuable archival holdings, library collections and private individual compendia all over the world for posterity, the reconstitution of dispersed or displaced documentary heritage, and the increased accessibility to and dissemination of these items. The <a href="https://en.ccunesco.ca/our-themes/protecting-heritage-and-biosphere/memory-of-the-world">Canada Memory of the World Register</a> highlights exceptional works and documents that reflect the wealth and diversity of Canada’s documentary heritage.</p>
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<p>The Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection was donated to UBC Library by the Chung Family in 1999. The family added a second significant donation to the collection in 2014 and has continued to donate items over the years. Inspired to start collecting by an illustrated poster of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company’s steamship R.M.S. <em>Empress of Asia</em> in his father’s tailor shop in Victoria, Dr. Wallace B. Chung amassed more than 25,000 items over sixty years. The collection consists of textual records, maps, artefacts, books and other materials and focuses on three main themes: early British Columbia history and exploration, the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), and early immigration and settlement, with a particular focus on the Chinese experience.</p>
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<p>Learn <a href="https://about.library.ubc.ca/2019/09/11/ubc-librarys-chung-collection-is-added-to-the-canadian-commission-for-unescos-canada-memory-of-the-world-register/">More, Read the Complete Announcement</a></p>
<p>Direct to the <a href="https://chung.library.ubc.ca/">Chung Collection Website</a></p>
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<p></p>NewsWed, 11 Sep 2019 15:56:47 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=119149Gary Price2019-09-11T15:56:47ZOER: More Than Half of All Colleges and 2.94 Million Students Using Free OpenStax Textbooks This Yearhttps://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/11/oer-more-than-half-of-all-colleges-and-2-94-million-students-using-free-openstax-textbooks-this-year/
From an OpexStax/Rice University Announcement: Almost 3 million students are saving an estimated $233 million this year by using free textbooks from OpenStax, the Rice University-based publisher of open educational resources. Since publishing its first free textbook online in 2012, OpenStax has expanded its library to provide books for over 36 college and Advanced Placement® [&#8230;]<p>From an <a href="http://news.rice.edu/2019/09/11/more-than-half-of-all-colleges-and-2-94-million-students-using-free-openstax-textbooks-this-year/">OpexStax/Rice University Announcement:</a></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><img class="wp-image-119147 alignright" src="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-11_11-39-17.png" alt="" width="274" height="96" srcset="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-11_11-39-17.png 824w, https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-11_11-39-17-170x60.png 170w, https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-11_11-39-17-768x269.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 274px) 100vw, 274px" />Almost 3 million students are saving an estimated $233 million this year by using free textbooks from <a class="cf_div_theme_dark" href="https://openstax.org/">OpenStax,</a> the Rice University-based publisher of open educational resources.</p>
<p>Since publishing its first free textbook online in 2012, OpenStax has expanded its library to provide books for over 36 college and Advanced Placement® courses. The organization’s work has not only saved 9 million students more than $830 million, it’s also credited with contributing to a disruption in the publishing industry that’s lowering overall textbook prices.</p>
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<p>In 2019, more than 90% of student users will access free textbooks digitally either through a website view, downloadable PDF or the OpenStax + SE mobile app. The newly introduced app launched last month and amassed nearly 58,000 downloads across the App Store and Google Play.</p>
<p>“We are exceeding even our own expectations of growth and impact on a daily basis,” said Daniel Williamson, managing director of OpenStax. “This tells us that people believe in what we’ve created and that we need to keep going.”</p>
<p>The precursor to OpenStax started in 1999 as a digital platform for creating, remixing and sharing openly licensed educational content. Two decades later, those digital roots still drive plans for future expansion of OpenStax.</p>
<p>OpenStax is also reinforcing its position as the leading publisher of open educational resources. The organization is gearing up for the launch of Rover by OpenStax, an affordable online math homework tool that uses Stepwise® technology to give students step-by-step level feedback.</p></blockquote>
<p>Learn <a href="http://news.rice.edu/2019/09/11/more-than-half-of-all-colleges-and-2-94-million-students-using-free-openstax-textbooks-this-year/">More, Read the Complete Announcement</a></p>
<p>Direct to <a class="cf_div_theme_dark" href="https://openstax.org/">OpenStax</a></p>NewsWed, 11 Sep 2019 15:36:02 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=119144Gary Price2019-09-11T15:36:02ZJournal Article: “Progress in Research Data Services: An International Survey of University Libraries”https://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/11/journal-article-progress-in-research-data-services-an-international-survey-of-university-libraries/
The following peer-reviewed article was published online earlier today. Title Progress in Research Data Services: An International Survey of University Libraries Authors Andrew M. Cox University of Sheffield Mary Anne Kennan Charles Stuart University Elizabeth Josephine Lyon University of Pittsburgh Stephen Pinfield University of Sheffield Laura Sbaffi University of Sheffield Source International Journal of Data [&#8230;]<p>The following peer-reviewed article was published online earlier today.</p>
<p><strong>Title</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://doi.org/10.2218/ijdc.v14i1.595">Progress in Research Data Services: An International Survey of University Libraries</a></p>
<p><strong>Authors</strong></p>
<p>Andrew M. Cox<br />
<em>University of Sheffield</em></p>
<p>Mary Anne Kennan<br />
<em>Charles Stuart University</em></p>
<p>Elizabeth Josephine Lyon<br />
<em>University of Pittsburgh</em></p>
<p>Stephen Pinfield<br />
<em>University of Sheffield</em></p>
<p>Laura Sbaffi<br />
<em>University of Sheffield</em></p>
<p><strong>Source</strong></p>
<p>International Journal of Data Curation<br />
Vol 14 No 1 (2019)<br />
DOI: <span class="value"><em>10.2218/ijdc.v14i1.595</em> </span></p>
<p><strong>Abstract</strong></p>
<blockquote><p>University libraries have played an important role in constructing an infrastructure of support for Research Data Management at an institutional level. This paper presents a comparative analysis of two international surveys of libraries about their involvement in Research Data Services conducted in 2014 and 2018. The aim was to explore how services had developed over this time period, and to explore the drivers and barriers to change. In particular, there was an interest in how far the FAIR data principles had been adopted.</p>
<p><img class="wp-image-119136 aligncenter" src="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-11_11-15-20.png" alt="" width="490" height="391" srcset="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-11_11-15-20.png 724w, https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-11_11-15-20-170x136.png 170w" sizes="(max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px" /></p>
<p>Services in nearly every area were more developed in 2018 than before, but technical services remained less developed than advisory. Progress on institutional policy was also evident. However, priorities did not seem to have shifted significantly. Open ended answers suggested that funder policy, rather than researcher demand, remained the main driver of service development and that resources and skills gaps remained issues. While widely understood as an important reference point and standard, because of their relatively recent publication date, FAIR principles had not been widely adopted explicitly in policy.</p></blockquote>
<p>Direct to <a href="http://www.ijdc.net/article/view/595/549">Full Text Article</a><br />
<em>10 pages; PDF.</em></p>NewsWed, 11 Sep 2019 15:15:51 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=119135Gary Price2019-09-11T15:15:51ZNew Report from Digital Science on the Falsifiability and Reproducibility in Scientific Researchhttps://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/11/new-report-from-digital-science-on-the-falsifiability-and-reproducibility-in-scientific-research/
From a Digital Science Blog Post: Making Science Better: Reproducibility, Falsifiability and the Scientific Method looks at the current state of reproducibility in 2019, as well as the importance of falsifiability in the research process. The analysis comes from the Digital Science portfolio company, Ripeta, which aims to make better science easier by identifying and highlighting the [&#8230;]<p>From a <a href="https://www.digital-science.com/blog/news/new-report-on-falsifiability-and-reproducibility-in-scientific-research/">Digital Science Blog Post:</a></p>
<blockquote>
<p dir="ltr"><img class="wp-image-119126 alignright" src="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-11_08-34-51.png" alt="" width="285" height="412" srcset="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-11_08-34-51.png 694w, https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-11_08-34-51-118x170.png 118w" sizes="(max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px" /><a href="https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.9633158" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Making Science Better: Reproducibility, Falsifiability and the Scientific Method</a> looks at the current state of reproducibility in 2019, as well as the importance of falsifiability in the research process. The analysis comes from the Digital Science portfolio company, <a href="https://www.ripeta.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ripeta</a>, which aims to make better science easier by identifying and highlighting the important parts of research that should be transparently presented in a manuscript and other materials.</p>
<p>Key report findings include:</p>
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<p dir="ltr">All research stakeholders have a responsibility to make their work both reproducible and falsifiable. Reproducible: so that anyone can follow the stated method and reach the same conclusions; and falsifiable: so that the method used can appropriately test the hypothesis.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">While not all research materials need to be accessible due to confidentiality and/or anonymity, achieving adequate transparency is essential to reproducibility.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">The research paper should be a route to test and recreate the research that has been carried out. This is the basis of the scientific method.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Falsifiability is an integral part of the research process. It adds credibility to research and allows further work to build on solid foundations.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Establishing a well-structured framework against which assessments of reproducibility can be made, alongside appropriate reporting, allows the barriers in reusing scientific work, supporting scientific outcomes, and assessing scientific quality to be reduced.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Good data documentation, which includes the research design, data collection, data cleaning, and analyses leads to ‘good’ science. Well-documented science and research enables further advancement through transparency and adequate data documentation.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Clear data analysis reporting is not only related but critical to the practice of good science.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">By supplying code, documenting which version of software was used, and storing code for future reference, science can be made more accurate, more reproducible, and more useful to scientists within and across domains and geographies.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">The scientific community needs faster and more scalable means to assess and improve reproducibility. An important part of that is fundamentally changing how we think about reproducibility. The difficulty is that while we all have a sense of what reproducibility is in our own fields, reproducibility as a concept does not easily translate between fields.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">We need to build structure into our research processes that automate the checking of the process itself and alert us to problems when they arise. This new machinery of checks and counterbalances needs to take both falsifiability and reproducibility into account.</p>
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</blockquote>
<p>Direct to <a href="https://digitalscience.figshare.com/articles/Making_Science_Better_Reproducibility_Falsifiability_and_the_Scientific_Method/9633158">Full Text Report</a><br />
DOI: <em>10.6084/m9.figshare.9633158</em><br />
<em>16 pages; PDF.</em></p>NewsWed, 11 Sep 2019 12:36:36 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=119125Gary Price2019-09-11T12:36:36ZRoundup (September 11, 2019)https://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/11/roundup-september-11-2019/
130 IMLS Grants to Museums Generate More Than $27.5 Million in Matching Funds &#38; IMLS Invests in National Leadership Projects at Museums Across U.S. CLOCKSS Announces the Support of Additional Libraries and Publishers PLOS, Center for Open Science, and Flu Lab collaborate to Open Influenza Research Resale of E-Books &#8216;Unlawful&#8217; Under EU Law, Suggests Szpunar [&#8230;]<p id=":2hg" class="hP" tabindex="-1" data-thread-perm-id="thread-f:1644396240973489213|msg-f:1644396240973489213" data-legacy-thread-id="16d211ab3536643d"><a href="https://www.imls.gov/news/130-imls-grants-museums-generate-more-275-million-matching-funds">130 IMLS Grants to Museums Generate More Than $27.5 Million in Matching Funds</a> &#38; <a href="https://www.imls.gov/news/imls-invests-national-leadership-projects-museums-across-us">IMLS Invests in National Leadership Projects at Museums Across U.S.</a></p>
<p class="hP" tabindex="-1" data-thread-perm-id="thread-f:1644396240973489213|msg-f:1644396240973489213" data-legacy-thread-id="16d211ab3536643d"><a href="https://clockss.org/2019/09/clockss-announces-the-support-of-additional-libraries-and-publishers/">CLOCKSS Announces the Support of Additional Libraries and Publishers</a></p>
<p><a id="article_title_link_21517695140" class="article_title_link" tabindex="-1" href="https://blogs.plos.org/plos/2019/09/plos-center-for-open-science-and-flu-lab-collaborate-to-open-influenza-research/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">PLOS, Center for Open Science, and Flu Lab collaborate to Open Influenza Research</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.thebookseller.com/news/resale-e-books-unlawful-under-eu-law-1080971">Resale of E-Books &#8216;Unlawful&#8217; Under EU Law, Suggests Szpunar (via The Bookseller)</a></p>
<blockquote><p><em>In a <a href="http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?text=&#38;docid=217552&#38;pageIndex=0&#38;doclang=EN&#38;mode=req&#38;dir=&#38;occ=first&#38;part=1&#38;cid=12761903">preliminary ruling</a> at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) yesterday (10th September), Szpunar found sales of second-hand e-books to be unlawful but noted there could be justifications for resale in certain circumstances. The opinion is not binding, but could be followed by CJEU when it reaches its conclusion.</em></p></blockquote>NewsWed, 11 Sep 2019 04:01:56 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=119154Gary Price2019-09-11T04:01:56ZMichigan State University: Joseph Salem Named Dean Of MSU Librarieshttps://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/10/michigan-state-university-joseph-salem-named-dean-of-msu-libraries/
From MSU Today: Joseph Salem was named Dean of University Libraries by the Michigan State University Board of Trustees. Salem joined the MSU Libraries as director and university librarian in August of 2018. The trustees approved the title change at Friday’s meeting. “I see this title change as recognition of the role that the MSU [&#8230;]<p>From <a href="https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2019/joseph-salem-named-dean-of-msu-libraries/">MSU Today:</a></p>
<blockquote>
<p><img class="wp-image-119118 alignright" src="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-10_18-53-29.png" alt="" width="290" height="84" srcset="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-10_18-53-29.png 487w, https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-10_18-53-29-170x49.png 170w" sizes="(max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px" />Joseph Salem was named Dean of University Libraries by the Michigan State University Board of Trustees. Salem joined the MSU Libraries as director and university librarian in August of 2018. The trustees approved the title change at Friday’s meeting.</p>
<p>“I see this title change as recognition of the role that the MSU Libraries plays at the center of the intellectual life at MSU,” Salem said. “The MSU Libraries makes vital contributions to the MSU community, and I am honored to serve a role on Deans Council as part of our academic leadership here at MSU.”</p>
<p>[Clip]</p>
<p>In his previous position, Salem served as the associate dean for learning, undergraduate services and commonwealth campus libraries at Penn State. In that role, he led Penn State’s open and affordable course content program, built the libraries’ assessment program, developed a programmatic approach to teaching and learning, led the Diversity Librarian Residency program, coordinated and expanded undergraduate internships and graduate assistantships within the libraries, as well as led strategic planning and helped to lead space planning.<br /><br />Salem has a Ph.D. in evaluation and measurement from Kent State University, where he also earned a master’s degree in literature and writing as well as a master’s degree in library and information science. He earned his bachelor’s degree in English from Cleveland State University.</p>
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<p>Read the <a href="https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2019/joseph-salem-named-dean-of-msu-libraries/">Complete Announcement</a></p>
<p></p>NewsTue, 10 Sep 2019 22:53:59 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=119117Gary Price2019-09-10T22:53:59ZVideo/Webinar Recording: Navigating and Using the New Data.Census.govhttps://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/10/video-webinar-recording-navigating-and-using-the-new-data-census-gov/
From the U.S. Census: Discover how to use Data.Census.gov, the new site to access Census Bureau data. In this webinar, you will learn how to access tables, maps, and profiles using multiple search methods. We will also share tips and tricks and demonstrate how to download data, customize your table view, and share your results. [&#8230;]<p>From the U.S. Census:</p>
<blockquote><p>Discover how to use <a href="http://data.census.gov">Data.Census.gov</a>, the new site to access Census Bureau data. In this webinar, you will learn how to access tables, maps, and profiles using multiple search methods. We will also share tips and tricks and demonstrate how to download data, customize your table view, and share your results.</p>
<p><a href="http://data.census.gov"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-119114" src="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-10_17-31-35.png" alt="" width="506" height="168" srcset="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-10_17-31-35.png 1278w, https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-10_17-31-35-170x57.png 170w, https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-10_17-31-35-768x255.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px" /></a></p></blockquote>
<p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/R6-IYatGVEI" width="589" height="331" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Direct to <a href="http://data.census.gov">Data.Census.gov</a></p>NewsTue, 10 Sep 2019 21:30:54 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=119112Gary Price2019-09-10T21:30:54ZReport: 51 Major CEOs Ask Congress For Federal Privacy Law Blocking State Ruleshttps://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/10/report-51-major-ceos-ask-congress-for-federal-privacy-law-blocking-state-rules/
From The Hill: Fifty-one chief executives at major U.S. corporations, including Amazon, AT&#38;T and IBM, are urging Congress to pass federal consumer privacy legislation that would block states from implementing their own regulations on data privacy. The Business Roundtable, a coalition of major CEOs, sent a letter to lawmakers Tuesday, urging them to act quickly to pass [&#8230;]<p>From <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/10/business-roundtable-urges-congress-to-pass-consumer-data-privacy-law.html">The Hill:</a></p>
<blockquote><p>Fifty-one chief executives at major U.S. corporations, including Amazon, AT&#38;T and IBM, are urging Congress to pass federal consumer privacy legislation that would block states from implementing their own regulations on data privacy.</p>
<p>The Business Roundtable, a coalition of major CEOs, <a class="cf_div_theme_dark" href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/brt.org/BRT-CEOLetteronPrivacy-2.pdf">sent a letter</a> to lawmakers Tuesday, urging them to act quickly to pass what would be the nation’s first comprehensive privacy law.</p></blockquote>
<p>Read the <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/10/business-roundtable-urges-congress-to-pass-consumer-data-privacy-law.html">Complete Article</a></p>
<p>From <a class="cf_div_theme_dark" href="https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/10/business-roundtable-urges-congress-to-pass-consumer-data-privacy-law.html">CNBC</a></p>
<blockquote><p>The executives, who span a range of industries, said a federal law is necessary to ensure “strong, consistent protections for American consumers” and allow “American companies to continue to lead a globally competitive market.” The letter was addressed to leaders of the House Energy and Commerce committees and the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation committees, in addition to House and Senate leaders.</p>
<p>“As Chief Executive Officers of leading companies across industries, our companies reach virtually every American consumer and rely on data and digital platforms every day to deliver and improve our products and services,” the CEOs wrote in the letter. “Consumer trust and confidence are essential to our businesses. We are committed to protecting consumer privacy and want consumers to have confidence that companies treat their personal information responsibly.”</p></blockquote>
<p>Read the <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/10/business-roundtable-urges-congress-to-pass-consumer-data-privacy-law.html">Complete Article</a></p>
<p>Direct to <a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/brt.org/BRT-CEOLetteronPrivacy-2.pdf">Letter Sent to Congress</a></p>
<p>See Also: <a href="https://www.businessroundtable.org/business-roundtable-ceos-call-on-congress-to-pass-comprehensive-nationwide-consumer-data-privacy-law">Business Roundtable News Release</a></p>NewsTue, 10 Sep 2019 20:03:11 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=119110Gary Price2019-09-10T20:03:11ZBoston Public Library Leads Once Again in Digital Lendinghttps://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/10/boston-public-library-leads-once-again-in-digital-lending/
The latest entry in the Controlled Digital Lending series from the Internet Archive. From an Internet Archive Blog Post: “Libraries that are thriving the most are the ones that are reinventing themselves, responding to new demand and new modes of access, simultaneously keeping one foot in traditional services and engaging with the public in new [&#8230;]<p>The latest entry in the <a class="cf_div_theme_dark clutterFree_existingDuplicate clutterFree_noIcon" href="https://www.infodocket.com/2019/08/20/internet-archive-introduces-a-new-blog-series-on-helping-libraries-transform-their-physical-collections/">Controlled Digital Lending series</a> from the Internet Archive.</p>
<p>From an <a href="https://blog.archive.org/2019/09/10/boston-public-library-leads-once-again-in-digital-lending/">Internet Archive Blog Post:</a></p>
<blockquote><p>“Libraries that a<img class=" wp-image-119102 alignright" src="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-10_14-44-07.png" alt="" width="241" height="91" srcset="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-10_14-44-07.png 305w, https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-10_14-44-07-170x64.png 170w" sizes="(max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px" />re thriving the most are the ones that are reinventing themselves, responding to new demand and new modes of access, simultaneously keeping one foot in traditional services and engaging with the public in new ways,” said [Boston Public Library President David] Leonard “and that goes for our physical spaces and for our collections.”</p>
<p>BPL has long been a leader in the digitization and scanning of materials and was the first library to partner with the Internet Archive to pilot access via <a href="https://controlleddigitallending.org/">Controlled Digital Lending</a> (CDL) services in 2011. CDL is the online or digital equivalent of traditional library lending – ‘one copy owned, one copy lent’.</p></blockquote>
<p>Learn <a href="https://blog.archive.org/2019/09/10/boston-public-library-leads-once-again-in-digital-lending/">More, Read the Complete Blog Post</a></p>
<p>See Also: <a href="https://blog.archive.org/2019/09/04/mit-press-embraces-new-access-models-to-fulfill-mission/">MIT Press Embraces New Access Models to Fulfill Mission</a></p>
<p>See Also: <a class="cf_div_theme_dark clutterFree_existingDuplicate clutterFree_noIcon" href="https://www.infodocket.com/2019/08/20/internet-archive-introduces-a-new-blog-series-on-helping-libraries-transform-their-physical-collections/">Internet Archive Introduces a New Blog Series on “Helping Libraries Transform their Physical Collections”</a></p>
<p><strong>Background</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://www.infodocket.com/2018/09/28/copyright-experts-publish-two-documents-on-the-controlled-digital-lending-of-library-books/">Libraries and Library Organizations Sign-On to “Controlled Digital Lending of Library Books” Position Statement</a></p>
<p>&#38;</p>
<p><a href="https://www.infodocket.com/2018/09/28/copyright-experts-publish-two-documents-on-the-controlled-digital-lending-of-library-books/">“A White Paper on Controlled Digital Lending of Library Books”</a> &#38; <a href="https://www.infodocket.com/2018/09/28/copyright-experts-publish-two-documents-on-the-controlled-digital-lending-of-library-books/">“Position Statement on Controlled Digital Lending” (September 28, 2018)</a></p>
<p><a href="http://controlleddigitallending.org/">ControlledDigitallending.org</a></p>
<p><span class="document-body-sub-section-heading"><a href="https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/78972-the-week-in-libraries-january-11-2019.html">Will ‘Controlled Digital Lending’ Spark the Next Big Copyright Lawsuit? (by Andrew Albanese, PW)</a></span></p>
<p><a href="http://policynotes.arl.org/?p=1763">The Implications of the ReDigi Decision for Libraries (by Jonathan Band, via ARL Policy Briefs)</a></p>NewsTue, 10 Sep 2019 18:47:12 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=119101Gary Price2019-09-10T18:47:12ZThe BBC is Unearthing Thousands of Classic Moments from its Archive to View Onlinehttps://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/10/the-bbc-is-unearthing-thousands-of-classic-moments-from-its-archive-to-view-online/
From the BBC: The BBC is making thousands of fascinating clips from its archive available to watch on a new website &#8211; bbc.co.uk/archive. More than 1,700 newly published videos are being made available for viewers to watch and enjoy, many of which hold a mirror up to our lives today and help paint a rich [&#8230;]<p>From the <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2019/bbc-digital-archive">BBC</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>The BBC is making thousands of fascinating clips from its archive available to watch on a new website &#8211; <a href="http://bbc.co.uk/archive">bbc.co.uk/archive.</a></p>
<p>More than 1,700 newly published videos are being made available for viewers to watch and enjoy, many of which hold a mirror up to our lives today and help paint a rich social history of Britain in the television era.</p>
<p><img class="wp-image-119097 aligncenter" src="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-10_13-35-43.png" alt="" width="516" height="235" srcset="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-10_13-35-43.png 1277w, https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-10_13-35-43-170x77.png 170w, https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-10_13-35-43-768x350.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px" /></p>
<p>The new Archive site will help people navigate an ever-increasing portion of the more than 10 million hours of content that currently sit in the BBC’s archive.</p>
<p>[Clip]</p>
<p><span style="font-size: inherit;">It also contains curated collections of programmes and clips from the BBC archive, themed around everything from the outbreak of World War Two to the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall. These are invaluable primary sources where users can see and hear history as it was being made.</span></p></blockquote>
<p>Learn <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2019/bbc-digital-archive">More, Read the Complete BBC Post</a></p>
<p><em>Note: We&#8217;ve been able to view video clips from outside the UK.</em></p>
<p>Direct to <a href="http://bbc.co.uk/archive">BBC Archive</a></p>
<p>See Also: <a href="http://bbcsfx.acropolis.org.uk/">BBC Sound Effects Archive</a></p>
<blockquote><p>These 16,000 BBC Sound Effects are made available by the BBC in WAV format to download for use under the terms of the <a href="https://github.com/bbcarchdev/Remarc/blob/master/doc/2016.09.27_RemArc_Content%20licence_Terms%20of%20Use_final.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">RemArc Licence</a>. The Sound Effects are BBC copyright, but they may be used for personal, educational or research purposes, as detailed in the license.</p></blockquote>NewsTue, 10 Sep 2019 17:37:31 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=119096Gary Price2019-09-10T17:37:31ZStatistics: Data From a Massive Media Digitization Project at Indiana Universityhttps://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/10/statistics-data-from-a-massive-media-digitization-project-at-indiana-university/
From a Media Digitization and Preservation Initiative at Indiana University Bloomington Blog Post: Over the past four years, Indiana University’s Media Digitization and Preservation Initiative has digitized more than 315,000 audio and video recordings. In the meantime, we’ve heard from many other folks who are planning digitization projects that predicting file size and recording length [&#8230;]<p>From a <a class="cf_div_theme_dark" href="https://blogs.iu.edu/mdpi/2019/09/10/data-from-a-massive-media-digitization-project/">Media Digitization and Preservation Initiative at Indiana University Bloomington Blog Post:</a></p>
<blockquote>
<p>Over the past four years, <a class="cf_div_theme_dark" href="https://mdpi.iu.edu/">Indiana University’s Media Digitization and Preservation Initiative</a> has digitized more than 315,000 audio and video recordings. In the meantime, we’ve heard from many other folks who are planning digitization projects that predicting file size and recording length is difficult. Of course, every collection is different, and nobody else will have exactly the same mix of holdings as we do at IU. Still, the general statistics we’ve gathered from the 315,000+ items we’ve reformatted to date may help provide others with at least some rough guidance for project planning.</p>
<p><img class=" wp-image-119088 aligncenter" src="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-10_12-37-53.png" alt="" width="475" height="249" srcset="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-10_12-37-53.png 513w, https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-10_12-37-53-170x89.png 170w" sizes="(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px" />The winner in the duration contest for video formats is VHS with an average running time of just about 100 minutes. This is not a surprise given that VHS is a fully consumer format. Consumers place higher value on the length of time available for recording than other characteristics, and so the format was developed with an emphasis on maximizing this variable. That’s why the EP (extended play) version of the format—that triples the possible recording time while reducing quality—was introduced. Over 3,000 of our VHS tapes are EP. One practical implication of this fact is that we must acquire and integrate consumer-level playback machines into our digitization signal chain, since professional decks do not support EP.</p>
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<p>Learn <a class="cf_div_theme_dark" href="https://blogs.iu.edu/mdpi/2019/09/10/data-from-a-massive-media-digitization-project/">More, Read the Complete Blog Post (approx. 1160 words)</a></p>
<p>Direct to <a href="https://mdpi.iu.edu/collections/index.php">MDPI Website</a></p>
<p></p>NewsTue, 10 Sep 2019 16:39:16 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=119087Gary Price2019-09-10T16:39:16ZHealth Information Transforming Lives: A New Special Issue of IFLA Journal Now Available Onlinehttps://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/10/health-information-transforming-lives-a-new-special-issue-of-ifla-journal-now-available-online/
The October 2019 issue of IFLA Journal, a special issue titled, &#8220;Health Information Transforming Lives&#8221; is now available online. In This Issue Special Issue: Health Information Transforming Lives Maria G. N. Musoke Articles Transforming Lives: Combating Digital Health Inequality Bob Gann Towards New Ways of Assessing the Impact of Local Medical Journals: A Proposal and [&#8230;]<p>The <a href="https://www.ifla.org/files/assets/hq/publications/ifla-journal/ifla-journal-45-3_2019.pdf">October 2019 issue of IFLA Journal</a>, a special issue titled, &#8220;Health Information Transforming Lives&#8221; is now available online.</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>In This Issue</strong></p>
<p><img class="size-full wp-image-119080 alignright" src="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-10_11-41-39.png" alt="" width="147" height="207" srcset="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-10_11-41-39.png 147w, https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-10_11-41-39-121x170.png 121w" sizes="(max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px" />Special Issue: Health Information Transforming Lives<br />
<em>Maria G. N. Musoke</em></p>
<p><strong>Articles</strong></p>
<p>Transforming Lives: Combating Digital Health Inequality<br />
<em>Bob Gann</em></p>
<p>Towards New Ways of Assessing the Impact of Local Medical<br />
Journals: A Proposal and Call For Change<em><br />
Christine Wamunyima Kanyengo, Mercy Wamunyima Monde and Akakandelwa Akakandelwa</em></p>
<p>Health Information Literacy Awareness and Capacity Building: Present and Future<em><br />
</em><em>Terri Ottosen, Nandita S. Mani and Megan N. Fratta</em></p>
<p>The Importance of Public Libraries In Education For Health Literacy: A Case Study On Diabetic Patients<br />
<em>Hamed Pirialam, Maryam Kazerani, Maryam Shekofteh and Zahra Razzaghi</em></p>
<p>Health Information Services: Engaging Women in Cervical Cancer Screening Awareness in Nigeria<br />
<em>Ngozi P. Osuchukwu and Ngozi B. Ukachi</em></p>
<p>Advancing Scholarly Publishing Through Open Access Biomedical Repositories: A Knowledge Management Perspective<br />
<em>Lisa Kruesi, Kerry Tanner and Frada Burstein</em></p>
<p>The Role of the Iniversity library in creating inclusive healthcare hackathons: A case study with design-thinking processes<br />
<em>Bethany McGowan</em></p></blockquote>
<p>Direct to <a href="https://www.ifla.org/files/assets/hq/publications/ifla-journal/ifla-journal-45-3_2019.pdf">All Articles/Complete Issue</a></p>NewsTue, 10 Sep 2019 15:42:13 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=119079Gary Price2019-09-10T15:42:13ZTechnical and Social Issues Influencing the Adoption Of Preprints in the Life Sciences (Preprint)https://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/10/technical-and-social-issues-influencing-the-adoption-of-preprints-in-the-life-sciences-preprint/
The following preprint (not peer-reviewed) was posted on PeerJ Preprints earlier today. Title Technical and Social Issues Influencing the Adoption of Preprints in the Life Sciences (Preprint) Authors Naomi C Penfold ASAPbio Jessica K Polka​ ASAPbio Source via PeerJ Preprints September 10, 2019 DOI: 10.7287/peerj.preprints.27954v1 Abstract Preprints are gaining visibility in many fields. Thanks to the explosion [&#8230;]<p>The following preprint (not peer-reviewed) was posted on PeerJ Preprints earlier today.</p>
<p><strong>Title</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.27954v1">Technical and Social Issues Influencing the Adoption of Preprints in the Life Sciences (Preprint)</a></p>
<p><strong>Authors</strong></p>
<p><span id="author-1" class="contrib" data-jats-contrib-type="author"><span class="name"><span class="given-names">Naomi C</span> <span class="surname">Penfold</span></span><br />
<em>ASAPbio</em></span></p>
<p><span id="author-1" class="contrib" data-jats-contrib-type="author"></span><span id="author-2" class="contrib" data-jats-contrib-type="author" data-jats-corresp="yes"><span class="name"><span class="given-names">Jessica K</span> <span class="surname">Polka</span></span><i class="icon-envelope">​</i><br />
<span id="author-1" class="contrib" data-jats-contrib-type="author"><em>ASAPbio</em></span><br />
</span></p>
<p><strong>Source</strong></p>
<p>via PeerJ Preprints<br />
September 10, 2019<em><br />
</em>DOI: <em>10.7287/peerj.preprints.27954v1</em></p>
<p><strong>Abstract</strong></p>
<blockquote><p>Preprints are gaining visibility in many fields. Thanks to the explosion of bioRxiv, an online server for preprints in biology, versions of manuscripts prior to the completion of journal-organized peer review are poised to become a standard component of the publishing experience in the life sciences. Here we provide an overview of current challenges facing preprints, both technical and social, and a vision for their future development, from unbundling the functions of publication to exploring different communication formats.</p></blockquote>
<p>Direct to <a href="http://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.27954v1">Full Text (Preprint)</a><br />
<em>18 pages; PDF.</em></p>NewsTue, 10 Sep 2019 15:13:30 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=119075Gary Price2019-09-10T15:13:30ZStatistics/Indicators: OECD Releases “Education at a Glance 2019”https://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/10/statistics-oecd-releases-education-at-a-glance-2019/
From the OECD Website: Education at a Glance is the authoritative source for information on the state of education around the world. It provides data on the structure, finances and performance of education systems across OECD countries and a number of partner economies. [Clip] The 2019 edition includes a focus on tertiary education with new [&#8230;]<p>From the <a href="https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/docserver/f8d7880d-en.pdf?expires=1568125435&#38;id=id&#38;accname=guest&#38;checksum=6DA0511981468F17DD26E0C576B06FE1">OECD Website:</a></p>
<blockquote><p>Education at a Glance is the authoritative source for information on the state of education around the world. It provides data on the structure, finances and performance of education systems across OECD countries and a number of partner economies.</p>
<p>[Clip]</p>
<p>The 2019 edition includes a focus on tertiary education with new indicators on tertiary completion rates, doctoral graduates and their labour market outcomes, and on tertiary admission systems, as well as a dedicated chapter on the Sustainable Development Goal 4.</p></blockquote>
<p><img class="wp-image-119064 aligncenter" src="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-10_10-26-40.png" alt="" width="536" height="361" srcset="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-10_10-26-40.png 576w, https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-10_10-26-40-170x115.png 170w" sizes="(max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px" /></p>
<p>From the <a href="http://www.oecd.org/education/higher-education-needs-to-step-up-efforts-to-prepare-students-for-the-future.htm">News Release/Highlights:</a></p>
<blockquote><p>Education at a Glance 2019, which is part of the Organisation’s “I am the Future of Work” campaign, finds that 44% of 25-34 year-olds held a tertiary degree in 2018, compared to 35% in 2008, on average across OECD countries. The employment rate of tertiary-educated adults is 9 percentage points higher than for those with upper secondary education and they earn 57% more.</p>
<p>[Clip]</p>
<p>The report finds that, on average across OECD countries, about one in six 15-24 year-olds are enrolled in vocational programmes. The attainment gap among young tertiary-educated adults and those with upper secondary has narrowed. In 2018, the share of young adults with an upper secondary or post-secondary non-tertiary qualification, 41%, is almost equal to the share attaining tertiary education, 44%.</p>
<p align="center"><strong>Educational attainment and outcomes<br />
</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>The proportion of tertiary-educated 25-34 year-olds increased by 9 percentage points, on average, across OECD countries between 2008 and 2018, while the share of adults with less than upper secondary education fell from 19% to 15%. (Indicator A1)</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>The gender gap in earnings persists across all levels of educational attainment and the gap is wider among tertiary-educated adults. Women earn less than men, even with a tertiary degree in the same broad field of study. (A1)</li>
<li>On average across OECD countries, 14.3% of 18-24 year-olds are neither employed nor in education or training (NEET). In Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Italy, South Africa and Turkey, over 25% of 18-24 year-olds are NEET. (A2)</li>
</ul>
<p align="center"><strong>Access to education<br />
</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>On average across OECD countries, around 70% of 17-18 year-olds are enrolled in upper secondary education and more than 40% of 19-20 year-olds are enrolled in tertiary programmes in almost half of OECD countries. (B1)</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>In almost all OECD countries, the enrolment rate among 4-5 year-olds in education exceeded 90% in 2017, with about one-third of countries achieving full enrolment for 3‑year‑olds. (B1)</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Current estimates indicate that, on average, 86% of people across OECD countries will graduate from upper secondary education in their lifetime, and 81% of people will do so before the age of 25. (B3)</li>
</ul>
<p align="center"><strong>Education spending<br />
</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Across the OECD, countries spend, on average, USD 10 500 per student on primary to tertiary educational institutions. Average spending is 1.7 times more per student at the tertiary level than other levels. (C1)</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Expenditure continues to increase at a higher rate than student enrolments at all levels, particularly tertiary since 2010. Average spending per student at non-tertiary levels increased by 5% between 2010-2016 while the number of students remained unchanged. At the tertiary level, spending increased by 9% while the number of students rose by 3%. (C1)</li>
<li>Total public expenditure in 2016 on primary to tertiary education as a percentage of total government expenditure for all services averaged 11% in OECD countries, ranging from 6.3% in Italy to 17% in Chile. (C4)</li>
</ul>
<p align="center"><strong>In the classroom<br />
</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Students in OECD countries and economies receive an average of 7 590 hours of compulsory instruction during their primary and lower secondary education, ranging from 5 973 hours in Hungary to almost double that in Australia (11 000 hours) and Denmark (10 960 hours). (D1)</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>The proportion of the compulsory curriculum devoted to mathematics at the primary level ranges from 12% in Denmark to 27% in Mexico; at the lower secondary level, it ranges from about 11% in Hungary, Ireland and Korea to 16% in Chile, Latvia and the Russian Federation (and 20% in Italy, including natural sciences). (D1)</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>On average across OECD countries, there are 15 students for every teacher in primary education and 13 students per teacher in lower secondary education. The average school class has 21 students in primary education and 23 students in lower secondary education. (D2)</li>
<li>The teaching workforce is ageing: on average across OECD countries, 36% of primary to secondary teachers were at least 50­ years old in 2017, up 5 percentage points from 2005. Only 10% of teachers are aged under 30. The profession is also still largely dominated by women, who comprise seven out of ten teachers, on average, across OECD­ countries. (D5)</li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
<p><strong>Report Resources</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Summary/News Release: <a href="http://www.oecd.org/education/higher-education-needs-to-step-up-efforts-to-prepare-students-for-the-future.htm">Higher Education Needs to Step Up Efforts To Prepare Students For the Future</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.oecd.org/education/education-at-a-glance/">Links to Report, Country Notes, Dataset. Infographics, and Additional Materials</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.slideshare.net/OECDEDU/education-at-a-glance-oecd-indicators-2019">PowerPoint Presentation</a></li>
<li>Direct to<a href="https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/sites/f8d7880d-en/index.html?itemId=/content/publication/f8d7880d-en&#38;mimeType=text/html"> Full Text Report (HTML)</a></li>
<li>Direct to <a href="https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/docserver/f8d7880d-en.pdf?expires=1568125435&#38;id=id&#38;accname=guest&#38;checksum=6DA0511981468F17DD26E0C576B06FE1">Full Text Report (497 pages; PDF)</a></li>
</ul>
<p>See Also: <a href="https://ies.ed.gov/blogs/nces/post/education-at-a-glance-2019-putting-u-s-data-in-a-global-context">Education at a Glance 2019: Putting U.S. Data in a Global Context (via NCES)</a></p>NewsTue, 10 Sep 2019 14:22:04 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=119061Gary Price2019-09-10T14:22:04ZRoundup (September 10, 2019)https://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/10/roundup-september-10-2019/
Fighting Instagram&#8217;s $1.3 Billion Problem—Fake Followers (via Wired) Mozilla Increases Browser Privacy with Encrypted DNS Yale University&#8217;s Bass Library to Offer Textbooks in Reserves (via YDN)<p class="content-header__row content-header__hed"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/instagram-fake-followers/">Fighting Instagram&#8217;s $1.3 Billion Problem—Fake Followers (via Wired)</a></p>
<p>Mozilla Increases Browser Privacy with Encrypted DNS</p>
<p><a href="https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2019/09/09/bass-to-offer-textbooks-in-reserves/">Yale University&#8217;s Bass Library to Offer Textbooks in Reserves (via YDN)</a></p>NewsTue, 10 Sep 2019 04:01:23 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=119093Gary Price2019-09-10T04:01:23ZNext Phase of the IMLS/COSLA “Measures That Matter” Collaboration Will Explore Link Between Public Libraries, Workforce Development, and Community Wellbeinghttps://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/09/next-phase-of-the-imls-cosla-measures-that-matter-project-will-explore-link-between-public-libraries-workforce-development-and-community-wellbeing/
From IMLS: The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA) together announced the next phase in Measures that Matter, a three-year-old collaboration that examines, evaluates, and maps public library data collection practices in the United States. This new project, funded by IMLS, will study potential relationships between public library activities [&#8230;]<p>From IMLS:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><img class="wp-image-119049 alignright" src="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-09_20-05-05-2.png" alt="" width="292" height="254" srcset="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-09_20-05-05-2.png 367w, https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-09_20-05-05-2-170x148.png 170w" sizes="(max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px" />The <a class="tabstop-processed clutterFree_existingDuplicate clutterFree_noIcon cf_div_theme_dark" tabindex="49" href="https://www.imls.gov/">Institute of Museum and Library Services</a> (IMLS) and the <a class="ext tabstop-processed" tabindex="50" href="http://www.cosla.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Chief Officers of State Library Agencies</a> (COSLA) together announced the next phase in <a class="ext tabstop-processed cf_div_theme_dark" tabindex="51" href="https://measuresthatmatter.net/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Measures that Matter</a>, a three-year-old collaboration that examines, evaluates, and maps public library data collection practices in the United States. This new project, funded by IMLS, will study potential relationships between public library activities and community outcomes to better inform the public library sector.</p>
<p>Measures that Matter was initiated in 2016 by COSLA with support from the Laura Bush 21<sup>st</sup> Century Librarian Program in response to growing interest from the public library sector about current and potential approaches to gathering and using data. One area is how to sharpen the public library sector’s abilities to use data in support of or to identify gaps in, the ways that services, programs, and collections relate to communities’ needs and emergent opportunities.</p>
<p>With additional funding by the Laura Bush 21<sup>st</sup> Century Librarian Program, this new project includes a new evaluation component that will focus in on library activities relating to workforce development, a contributing factor to community wellbeing.</p>
<p>“To date, the Measures that Matter project has yielded fruitful work that identifies the purposes, rationale and methods that underpin the field’s desire to collect public library data” said Dr. Kathryn K. Matthew, Director of IMLS. “An area that is ready to be investigated is explicitly linking public library activities to positive community outcomes. We, IMLS and COSLA, are pleased to continue our collaboration to ultimately benefit libraries of all sizes and locations.”</p>
<p>“Libraries across the U.S. offer services, training and information aimed at meeting the workforce needs in their communities.” Said Timothy Cherubini, Executive Director of COSLA. “The intention behind this pilot is to develop a meaningful approach to measurement of library-based workforce development activities and to assess whether this approach could be used to measure other library activities as they relate to different components of community wellbeing.”</p>
<p>This project will complement two flagship IMLS data collection and evaluation efforts, most notably the annual <a class="tabstop-processed" tabindex="52" href="https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey">Public Libraries Survey </a>and a <a class="tabstop-processed" tabindex="53" href="https://www.imls.gov/news/imls-announces-national-study-museums-libraries-and-social-wellbeing">new national study on museums, libraries, and social wellbeing</a>. It also builds upon Measures that Matter’s <a class="ext tabstop-processed cf_div_theme_dark" tabindex="54" href="https://measuresthatmatter.net/resources/mtm-action-plan" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">previous findings</a> and progress that include the establishment of the <a class="ext tabstop-processed cf_div_theme_dark clutterFree_existingDuplicate clutterFree_noIcon" tabindex="55" href="https://measuresthatmatter.net/forming-a-public-library-data-alliance/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Public Library Data Alliance.</a></p>
</blockquote>
<p>See Also: <a href="https://measuresthatmatter.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DATA-ALLIANCE-AT-A-GLANCE.pdf">Public Library Data Alliance Fact Sheet</a></p>
<p>See Also: <a href="https://measuresthatmatter.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Measures-that-Matter-Action-Step-2-1-A-Review-of-State-Public-Library-Survey-Data-Elements-1.pdf">Measures that Matter Action Plan Step 2.1 A Review of State Public Library Survey Data Elements</a></p>
<p>See Also: <a href="https://measuresthatmatter.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/MTM-Action_Plan-2018-Final.pdf">Measures That Matter Action Plan</a></p>
<p>See Also: <a href="https://www.infodocket.com/2016/10/07/imls-and-cosla-begin-project-to-study-landscape-of-public-library-data-collection-in-u-s/">IMLS and COSLA Working Together to Study Public Library Data Collection in U.S. (October 10, 2016)</a></p>
<p></p>NewsTue, 10 Sep 2019 00:10:29 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=119045Gary Price2019-09-10T00:10:29ZReport: “LinkedIn Can’t Block Analytics Company From Scraping Profiles”https://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/09/report-linkedin-cant-block-analytics-company-from-scraping-profiles/
From Media Post: LinkedIn can&#8217;t rely on a 33-year-old anti-hacking law to prevent prevent the analytics firm HiQ Labs from mining data, a federal appellate court ruled Monday. The ruling, issued by a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, leaves in place an injunction that requires LinkedIn to allow publicly available data [&#8230;]<p>From <a class="" href="https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/340458/linkedin-cant-block-analytics-company-from-scrapi.html">Media Post:</a></p>
<blockquote><p><img class="wp-image-119043 alignright" src="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-09_16-24-37-1.png" alt="" width="288" height="72" srcset="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-09_16-24-37-1.png 622w, https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-09_16-24-37-1-170x43.png 170w" sizes="(max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px" />LinkedIn can&#8217;t rely on a 33-year-old anti-hacking law to prevent prevent the analytics firm HiQ Labs from mining data, a federal appellate court ruled Monday.</p>
<p>The ruling, issued by a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, leaves in place an injunction that requires LinkedIn to allow publicly available data about its users to be scraped by HiQ.</p>
<p>The decision stems from a dispute dating to May of 2017, when the Microsoft-owned LinkedIn demanded that HiQ stop scraping data from the service. HiQ gathers data from LinkedIn&#8217;s publicly available pages, examines the information to determine which employees are at risk of being poached, and then sells its findings to employers.</p>
<p>LinkedIn contended that HiQ&#8217;s scraping violates the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, a 1986 law that makes it illegal to access computer services without authorization.</p></blockquote>
<p>Learn <a href="https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/340458/linkedin-cant-block-analytics-company-from-scrapi.html">More, Read the Complete Article</a></p>
<p>From <a class="cf_div_theme_dark" href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-microsoft-linkedin-profiles/microsofts-linkedin-loses-appeal-over-access-to-user-profiles-idUSKCN1VU21W">Reuters:</a></p>
<blockquote><p>The 3-0 decision by the San Francisco appeals court sets back Silicon Valley’s battle against “data scraping,” or extracting information from social media accounts or websites, which critics say can equate to theft or violate users’ privacy.</p>
<p>Circuit Judge Marsha Berzon said hiQ, which makes software to help employers determine whether employees will stay or quit, showed it faced irreparable harm absent an injunction because it might go out of business without access.</p>
<p>She also said giving companies such as LinkedIn “free rein” over who can use public user data risked creating “information monopolies” that harm the public interest.</p>
<p>[Clip]</p>
<p>In a statement, LinkedIn said it was disappointed with the decision and evaluating its options, and will “fight to protect our members and the information they entrust” to it.</p></blockquote>
<p>Learn <a class="cf_div_theme_dark" href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-microsoft-linkedin-profiles/microsofts-linkedin-loses-appeal-over-access-to-user-profiles-idUSKCN1VU21W">More, Read the Complete Article</a></p>
<p>Direct to <a class="cf_div_theme_dark clutterFree_existingDuplicate clutterFree_noIcon" href="http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2019/09/09/17-16783.pdf">Full Text of Appellate Court Decision</a><br />
<em>38 pages; PDF.</em></p>NewsMon, 09 Sep 2019 20:17:48 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=119038Gary Price2019-09-09T20:17:48ZReport: “Millennials Stand Out For Their Technology Use, But Older Generations Also Embrace Digital Life”https://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/09/report-millennials-stand-out-for-their-technology-use-but-older-generations-also-embrace-digital-life/
From Pew Research: Millennials have often led older Americans in their adoption and use of technology, and this largely holds true today. But there has beensignificant growth in tech adoption since 2012 among older generations – particularly Gen Xers and Baby Boomers. More than nine-in-ten Millennials (93% of those who turn ages 23 to 38 this [&#8230;]<p>From <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/09/09/us-generations-technology-use/">Pew Research:</a></p>
<blockquote><p>Millennials have often led older Americans in their adoption and use of technology, and this largely holds true today. But there has beensignificant growth in tech adoption since 2012 among older generations – particularly Gen Xers and Baby Boomers.</p>
<p>More than nine-in-ten Millennials (93% of those who turn <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/01/17/where-millennials-end-and-generation-z-begins/">ages 23 to 38 this year</a>) own smartphones, compared with 90% of Gen Xers (those ages 39 to 54 this year), 68% of Baby Boomers (ages 55 to 73) and 40% of the Silent Generation (74 to 91), according to a new analysis of a Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults conducted in early 2019.</p>
<p>[Clip]</p>
<p>Unlike with smartphones and social media, tablet ownership is now comparable across most generations. Today, 55% of Gen Xers, 53% of Millennials and 52% of Boomers say they own tablets. A smaller share of Silents (33%) report owning tablets.</p>
<p><img class="wp-image-119030 aligncenter" src="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-09_14-32-44.png" alt="" width="504" height="317" srcset="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-09_14-32-44.png 639w, https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-09_14-32-44-170x107.png 170w" sizes="(max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px" /></p>
<p>Those in the Silent Generation also lag when it comes to having broadband service at home. Whereas most Millennials (78%), Gen Xers (78%) and Boomers (74%) say they subscribe to home broadband, fewer than half of Silents (45%) say this.</p>
<p>In terms of specific platforms, around three-fourths or more of both Millennials and Gen Xers now report using Facebook (84% vs. 74%, respectively). Boomers and Silents have both increased their Facebook use by double digits since 2015. In fact, the share of Silents using Facebook has nearly doubled in the past four years, from 22% to 37%.</p></blockquote>
<p>Learn <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/09/09/us-generations-technology-use/">More, Read the Complete Article</a></p>NewsMon, 09 Sep 2019 18:34:55 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=119029Gary Price2019-09-09T18:34:55ZNIST Releases Preliminary Draft of Privacy Frameworkhttps://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/09/nist-releases-preliminary-draft-of-privacy-framework/
New Today from the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST): We are delighted to announce the release of the Preliminary Draft of the NIST Privacy Framework: A Tool for Improving Privacy through Enterprise Risk Management for public comment. Since our kickoff workshop in October 2018, in Austin, Texas, we put out a Request for Information and we’ve [&#8230;]<p>New Today from the <a class="clutterFree_existingDuplicate clutterFree_noIcon cf_div_theme_dark" href="https://www.nist.gov/blogs/cybersecurity-insights/preliminary-draft-nist-privacy-framework-here">National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST):</a></p>
<blockquote><p>We are delighted to announce the release of the <a class="clutterFree_existingDuplicate clutterFree_noIcon cf_div_theme_dark" href="https://www.nist.gov/privacy-framework/working-drafts">Preliminary Draft</a> of the NIST Privacy Framework: A Tool for Improving Privacy through Enterprise Risk Management for public comment.</p>
<p>Since our kickoff workshop in October 2018, in Austin, Texas, we put out a <a href="https://www.nist.gov/privacy-framework/rfi">Request for Information</a> and we’ve been traveling around the country conducting a <a href="https://www.nist.gov/privacy-framework/past-events">series of workshops and roundtables</a> to listen to stakeholders about their challenges with protecting privacy and how we can develop the Privacy Framework into a tool that will help. This Preliminary Draft is the result of these conversations. Our goal was to deliver a tool that could help organizations communicate better about privacy risks when designing and deploying products and services, provide more effective solutions that can lead to better privacy outcomes, and facilitate compliance with their legal obligations. Now it’s your turn to let us know if we met that goal.</p>
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<p>As presented in the Preliminary Draft, there are five Functions in the Privacy Framework: Identify-P, Govern-P, Control-P, Communicate-P, and Protect-P, where the -P distinguishes privacy focused activities versus cybersecurity ones. The first four can be used to manage privacy risks arising from data processing, while Protect-P can help organizations manage privacy risks associated with privacy breaches along with Detect, Respond, and Recover from the Cybersecurity Framework. Protect-P is not the only way to manage privacy risks associated with privacy breaches. Alternatively, organizations could use all of the Cybersecurity Framework Functions in conjunction with Identify-P, Govern-P, Control-P, and Communicate-P to collectively address privacy and cybersecurity risks.</p></blockquote>
<p>Direct to <a href="https://www.nist.gov/blogs/cybersecurity-insights/preliminary-draft-nist-privacy-framework-here">Complete NIST Blog Post</a></p>
<p>From a <a href="https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2019/09/nist-requests-comments-draft-privacy-framework">NIST News Release:</a></p>
<blockquote><p>Privacy is a concept distinct from security, but the two are intimately connected in our digital world. A security breach that cracks a company’s database might reveal private information about thousands of individuals. For that reason, many industry stakeholders over the past year requested that NIST align the Privacy Framework with the <a href="https://www.nist.gov/cyberframework">Cybersecurity Framework</a>, one of NIST’s flagship publications.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.nist.gov/privacy-framework/working-drafts">The Privacy Framework</a> is therefore aligned with the Cybersecurity Framework both structurally and conceptually, and they are designed to be used together.</p>
<p>Both documents help organizations assess their own risks and achieve their particular goals. Similar to the Cybersecurity Framework structure, the Privacy Framework centers on three parts:</p>
<ul>
<li>The <em>Core</em> offers a set of privacy protection activities and enables a dialogue within an organization about the outcomes it desires.</li>
<li><em>Profiles</em> help determine which of the activities in the Core an organization should pursue to reach its goals most effectively.</li>
<li><em>Implementation Tiers</em> help optimize the resources dedicated to managing privacy risk. One company might have more risks, for example, and might need to have a chief privacy officer, while another might not.</li>
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<p class="pane pane--nist-node-html-title-pane"><a href="https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2019/09/nist-requests-comments-draft-privacy-framework">NIST Requests Comments on Draft Privacy Framework</a></p>
<p>Direct to <a href="https://www.nist.gov/privacy-framework/working-drafts">Draft Document and Related Materials</a></p>NewsMon, 09 Sep 2019 17:53:30 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=119016Gary Price2019-09-09T17:53:30ZCoalition For Networked Information (CNI) Associate Executive Director, Joan Lippincott, Announces Retirementhttps://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/09/cnis-joan-lippincott-announces-retirement/
From a CNI Announcement by Exec. Director, Clifford Lynch: Dr. Joan K. Lippincott, CNI’s long-time associate executive director, has informed me that she will be retiring effective January 1, 2020. It’s impossible for me to readily summarize her achievements and contributions in over 30 years of dedicated service to the library community. Joan joined CNI&#160;in [&#8230;]<p>From a <a class="clutterFree_existingDuplicate clutterFree_noIcon cf_div_theme_dark" href="https://www.cni.org/news/joan-lippincott-retirement">CNI Announcement by Exec. Director, Clifford Lynch:</a></p>
<blockquote><p><img class="wp-image-119025 alignright" src="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-09_14-19-51-1.png" alt="" width="269" height="108" srcset="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-09_14-19-51-1.png 376w, https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-09_14-19-51-1-170x68.png 170w" sizes="(max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px" />Dr. Joan K. Lippincott, CNI’s long-time associate executive director, has informed me that she will be retiring effective January 1, 2020. It’s impossible for me to readily summarize her achievements and contributions in over 30 years of dedicated service to the library community. Joan joined CNI&#160;in the fall of 1990, soon after the organization’s inception under the leadership of founding director Paul Evan Peters, and she has played a critical role in shaping CNI’s trajectory since the earliest days. When I joined CNI as director in 1997, we immediately formed what I believe was an extraordinarily effective leadership team, and our partnership over the past two decades has been one of the great pleasures and most rewarding experiences of my career.</p>
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<p>Diane Goldenberg-Hart, who currently serves as CNI’s communications coordinator, has added the role of assistant director designate to her portfolio and will assume operational responsibilities as CNI’s assistant executive director at the start of 2020. Diane is well known to the CNI community; she’s been part of our organization for over 15 years, coming to us after various roles in the Yale University Libraries. Please join me in welcoming Diane to her new role at CNI.</p></blockquote>
<p>Read the <a class="clutterFree_existingDuplicate clutterFree_noIcon cf_div_theme_dark" href="https://www.cni.org/news/joan-lippincott-retirement">Complete Announcement by Cliff Lynch</a></p>
<p>See Also: <a href="https://www.cni.org/about-cni/staff/joan-k-lippincott/publications">CNI Associate Executive Director Joan Lippincott Selected Publications, Presentations, and Interviews</a></p>NewsMon, 09 Sep 2019 17:01:24 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=119020Gary Price2019-09-09T17:01:24ZUCLA Library Celebrates the University’s Centennial with OpenUCLAhttps://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/09/ucla-library-celebrates-the-centennial-with-openucla/
From the UCLA Library: Led by the UCLA Library, the OpenUCLA initiative highlights and expands efforts to provide open and equitable access to the materials and scholarship produced at UCLA. The UCLA Library—an outspoken, proactive national advocate for open access—will continue as a leader in the effort to change the foundation of how knowledge and [&#8230;]<p>From the <a href="https://www.library.ucla.edu">UCLA Library:</a></p>
<blockquote><p>Led by the UCLA Library, the <img class=" wp-image-119010 alignright" src="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-09_08-34-23.png" alt="" width="241" height="139" srcset="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-09_08-34-23.png 283w, https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-09_08-34-23-170x98.png 170w" sizes="(max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px" /><a href="https://100.ucla.edu/initiatives">OpenUCLA initiative</a> highlights and expands efforts to provide open and equitable access to the materials and scholarship produced at UCLA. The UCLA Library—an outspoken, proactive national advocate for open access—will continue as a leader in the effort to change the foundation of how knowledge and scholarship is created, published, shared, and collected.</p>
<p>Throughout UCLA’s Centennial year, OpenUCLA will celebrate and promote equity in open knowledge, making research publications and resources publicly and globally accessible, digitizing new materials and collections, and providing access to unique and rare materials. A Library Centennial Exhibit will feature a rotating selection from the Library’s collections, reflecting and illuminating the unique and diverse characteristics of UCLA and Los Angeles. Spanning time periods, subjects, formats, and languages, the exhibit will engage and inspire. Other activities include an “Edit-a-Thon” to update and refresh Wikipedia sites to incorporate open access resources and images; awards for and recognition of UCLA’s open access research and scholarship; and lowering costs for UCLA students by supporting course development that integrates open and free content and resources owned or licensed by UCLA. Via an improved user interface to be launched during the Centennial year, the UCLA Library will enhance the exploration of and access to some of our exceptional digital collections, including images, ephemera, oral histories, rare and digitally preserved texts and objects, and other materials.</p></blockquote>
<p>Read the <a href="https://www.library.ucla.edu/news/ucla-library-celebrates-centennial-openucla">Complete Announcement</a></p>
<p>See Also: <a href="http://dailybruin.com/2019/09/09/open-access-publishing-is-focus-in-california-digital-librarys-latest-project/">Open-Access Publishing is Focus In California Digital Library’s Latest Project (via The Daily Bruin)</a></p>NewsMon, 09 Sep 2019 12:37:04 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=119008Gary Price2019-09-09T12:37:04ZRoundup (September 9, 2019)https://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/09/roundup-september-9-2019/
Berghahn Book Announces Pilot to Move 13 Anthropology Journals it Publishes to Open Access (OA) From 2020 Onwards Elsevier Works with Wageningen University to Detect and Prevent Citation Manipulation Ex Libris Integrates Altmetric Badges into the Esploro Research Services Solution Google Hit by Antitrust Probe Led by Texas Attorney General: 50 Attorneys General are Participating [&#8230;]<p class="whiteGlow"><a id="article_title_link_21438612082" class="article_title_link" tabindex="-1" href="http://www.knowledgeunlatched.org/2019/09/berghahn-open-anthro-pr/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Berghahn Book Announces Pilot to Move 13 Anthropology Journals it Publishes to Open Access (OA) From 2020 Onwards</a></p>
<p class="whiteGlow"><a id="article_title_link_21438612082" class="article_title_link" tabindex="-1" href="https://www.alphagalileo.org/en-gb/Item-Display?ItemId=182519" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Elsevier Works with Wageningen University to Detect and Prevent Citation Manipulation</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.exlibrisgroup.com/press-releases/">Ex Libris Integrates Altmetric Badges into the Esploro Research Services Solution</a></p>
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<p class="speakableText"><a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/google-hit-by-antitrust-probe-led-by-texas-attorney-general/">Google Hit by Antitrust Probe Led by Texas Attorney General: 50 Attorneys General are Participating in the Investigation (via News.com)</a></p>
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<li><a href="http://Attor­ney Gen­er­al Pax­ton Leads 50 Attor­neys Gen­er­al in Google Mul­ti­state Bipar­ti­san Antitrust Investigation" data-wplink-url-error="true">News Release From Texas Attorney General</a></li>
</ul>
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<p class="medium-inherit"><a href="http://www.uwyo.edu/uw/news/2019/09/uw-libraries-joins-university-press-of-colorado.html">University of Wyoming Libraries Joins University Press of Colorado</a></p>NewsMon, 09 Sep 2019 04:01:41 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=119033Gary Price2019-09-09T04:01:41ZIn the News: “Assessing Dorian’s Damage From The Air” (Access Before/After Aerial Imagery of U.S. Locations)https://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/08/in-the-news-assessing-dorians-damage-from-the-air-access-to-before-after-aerial-imagery-of-u-s-locations/
From NOAA: On September 4, 2019, the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) began collecting U.S. aerial damage assessment images for Hurricane Dorian. Imagery is being collected in specific areas identified by NOAA in coordination with FEMA and other state and federal partners. Collected images are available to view online via the NGS aerial imagery viewer. View NOAA [&#8230;]<p>From <a href="https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/news/sep19/dorian-imagery.html">NOAA:</a></p>
<blockquote><p>On September 4, 2019, the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) began collecting U.S. aerial damage assessment images for Hurricane Dorian. Imagery is being collected in specific areas identified by NOAA in coordination with FEMA and other state and federal partners. Collected images are available to view online<a href="https://storms.ngs.noaa.gov/storms/dorian/index.html"> via the NGS aerial imagery viewer</a>.</p>
<p><img class="wp-image-119001 aligncenter" src="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-08_12-59-28.png" alt="" width="501" height="238" srcset="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-08_12-59-28.png 858w, https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-08_12-59-28-170x81.png 170w, https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-08_12-59-28-768x365.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px" /></p>
<p>View NOAA Emergency Response Imagery collected on the following days:</p>
<ul>
<li class="pt-4"><strong>September 4, 2019</strong>: <a href="https://storms.ngs.noaa.gov/storms/dorian/index.html#10/25.6304/-80.0398">North Key Largo, Florida, to Hollywood, Florida.</a></li>
<li class="pt-4"><strong>September 5, 2019</strong>: <a href="https://storms.ngs.noaa.gov/storms/dorian/index.html#7/30.380/-81.480">Fort Lauderdale, Florida to just south of Savannah, Georgia.</a></li>
<li class="pt-4"><strong>September 6, 2019</strong>: <a href="https://storms.ngs.noaa.gov/storms/dorian/index.html#7/31.199/-81.315">Coastal and inland areas near Savannah, Georgia and Beaufort, South Carolina; coastal and inland areas from Edisto Beach, South Carolina to Bald Head Island, North Carolina</a></li>
<li class="pt-4"><strong>September 7, 2019</strong>: <a href="https://storms.ngs.noaa.gov/storms/dorian/index.html#7/34.498/-78.497">Bald Head Island, North Carolina to Norfolk, Virginia</a></li>
</ul>
<p>&#8220;Before&#8221; imagery is provided by <a href="https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/goodbye.html?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mapbox.com%2Fabout%2Fmaps%2F">Mapbox</a>, <a href="https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/goodbye.html?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.digitalglobe.com%2F">Digital Globe</a>, and <a href="https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/goodbye.html?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.openstreetmap.org%2Fabout%2F">OpenStreetMap</a>; &#8220;After&#8221; imagery was captured by NOAA&#8217;s National Geodetic Survey for Hurricane Dorian</p></blockquote>
<p>Direct to <a href="https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/news/sep19/dorian-imagery.html">Complete Announcement, Video Demo, Research Tips, and Additional Information</a></p>NewsSun, 08 Sep 2019 17:01:04 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=119000Gary Price2019-09-08T17:01:04ZNYU’s Bobst Library Will be Home to RETU(R)NINGS, an Electroacoustic Sound Art Installation Generated From Turnstile Datahttps://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/08/nyus-bobst-library-will-be-home-to-returnings-an-electroacoustic-sound-art-installation-generated-from-turnstile-data/
From New York University: NYU’s Elmer Holmes Bobst Library will become the site of Manhattan’s newest permanent sound art installation with the official unveiling of RETU(R)NINGS, a one- to two-minute long sonification of the library’s turnstile data designed to reverberate within the atrium’s unique architectural structure, on September 9. Once per day—timed to coincide with sunset [&#8230;]<p>From <a href="https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2019/september/nyu-to-unveil-permanent-sound-art-installation-in-the-atrium-of-.html">New York University:</a></p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://library.nyu.edu/">NYU’s Elmer Holmes Bobst Library</a> will become the site of Manhattan’s newest permanent sound art installation with the official unveiling of <i>RETU(R)NINGS</i>, a one- to two-minute long sonification of the library’s turnstile data designed to reverberate within the atrium’s unique architectural structure, on September 9.</p>
<p>Once per day—timed to coincide with sunset in New York City—two computer-controlled loudspeakers, installed on the catwalks surrounding the atrium of Bobst Library and directed towards the building’s 150-foot high open interior, will project a brief cascade of electroacoustic tones of varying timbres, frequencies, and durations, unfolding in kaleidoscopically changing patterns and blending harmoniously with the ambient sounds of human activity within the space.</p>
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<p>The sound installation draws upon anonymized data taken from the turnstiles at Bobst Library’s main entrance. A computer algorithm creates an artistic interpretation of each data set to produce a one- to two-minute sequence of musical tones.</p>
<p>The number of people who enter the building each hour on selected dates from 2016, 2017, and 2018—chosen to coincide with the four lunar quarters of the year—represents a data point. As the number and pattern of people entering the building changes each day, each historical data set produces a distinctive melody. The number of people entering per hour is represented in 24 data points with each number creating a different bell-like sound which is then layered into the final piece. For example, the days with fewer visitors each hour cause the entire piece to move much more slowly.</p>
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<p>The physical design of <i>RETU(R)NINGS</i> consists of two custom-made loudspeakers, mounted adjacent to the atrium screens on floors 4 East and 8 West. The spatialized deployment of the loudspeakers turns the 12-story high atrium into a cathedral-like resonator. The perforated aluminum veil that encloses the atrium assists in the building’s capacity to diffuse sound naturally throughout the entire space, both vertically and horizontally.</p>
<p>As a real-time listening experience, the piece is designed to blend into the ambient murmur of the library’s physical attributes (such as elevators and air conditioning systems) and the activities of the NYU community members within the space.</p></blockquote>
<p>Learn <a href="https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2019/september/nyu-to-unveil-permanent-sound-art-installation-in-the-atrium-of-.html">More, Read the Complete NYU Announcement</a></p>NewsSun, 08 Sep 2019 16:25:50 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=118995Gary Price2019-09-08T16:25:50Z“Gender Inclusivity and Equity in Academic Libraries: Insights From Around the Globe”https://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/07/gender-inclusivity-and-equity-in-academic-libraries-insights-from-around-the-globe/
The following article appears in the September 2019 issue of C&#38;RL News. Title Gender Inclusivity and Equity in Academic Libraries: Insights From Around the Globe Authors Buhle Mbambo-Thata African Library &#38; Information Associations &#38; Institutions Jia Tina Du Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow at the School of Information Technology and Mathematical Sciences, University of South [&#8230;]<p>The following article appears in the September 2019 issue of C&#38;RL News.</p>
<p><strong>Title</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://crln.acrl.org/index.php/crlnews/article/view/23546/30867">Gender Inclusivity and Equity in Academic Libraries: Insights From Around the Globe</a></p>
<p><strong>Authors</strong></p>
<p>Buhle Mbambo-Thata<br />
<em>African Library &#38; Information Associations &#38; Institutions</em></p>
<p>Jia Tina Du<br />
<em>Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow at the School of Information Technology and Mathematical Sciences, University of South Australia</em></p>
<p>Ulrike Lang<br />
<em>State and University Library Hamburg</em></p>
<p>Jesús Lau<br />
<em>Universidad Veracruzana-Mexico</em></p>
<p>Amal W. Mostafa<br />
<em>Cairo University-Egypt</em></p>
<p>Bharat Mehra<br />
<em>University of Alabama</em></p>
<p>Clara M. Chu<br />
<em>Series Editor</em></p>
<p>Jaya Raju<br />
<em>Series Editor</em></p>
<p><strong>Source</strong></p>
<p>C&#38;RL News (2019; 80.8)<br />
DOI: <em>10.5860/crln.80.8.438</em></p>
<p><strong>Abstract</strong></p>
<blockquote><p>In order to draw attention to and learn about gender inclusivity and equity in the academic library workplace in a fluid non-binary gendered society, academic librarians and researchers from major world regions were invited to respond to the question: What are the three most significant issues that are impeding and the three most significant issues that are enhancing gender inclusivity/equity in your region? The regions included are Africa, Asia and Oceania, Europe, Latin American and the Caribbean, the Middle East, and North America.</p>
<p>We chose to focus on gender as the understanding of the concept is evolving and gender has classified people in such a way to limit or deny opportunities and equal treatment. Gender has been used to reference three dimensions that include the <em>physical</em> (characteristics of the human body), <em>identity</em> (the internal sense of self, which has traditionally been categorized as binary [e.g., feminine, masculine] and now as nonbinary or ungendered), and <em>sociocultural</em> (how one presents oneself socially or culturally, conformity to gendered roles and expectations).</p></blockquote>
<p>Direct to <a href="https://crln.acrl.org/index.php/crlnews/article/view/17473/19277">Full Text Article</a></p>
<p>Direct to <a href="https://crln.acrl.org/index.php/crlnews/article/view/23546/30850">Full Text Article (PDF)</a></p>NewsSat, 07 Sep 2019 17:52:34 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=118987Gary Price2019-09-07T17:52:34ZGeorgetown University: Search Begins for Librarian to Oversee Collections on Slaveryhttps://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/07/georgetown-university-search-begins-for-librarian-to-oversee-collections-on-slavery/
From The Hoya (Georgetown&#8217;s Student Newspaper): Georgetown University began a search for candidates to work as the librarian for collections on slavery, memory and reconciliation, a position established to support the university’s engagement with its historical role in the institution of slavery. The librarian will work with individuals and organizations at Georgetown and other institutions to [&#8230;]<p>From <a href="https://thehoya.com/search-begins-librarian-oversee-collections-slavery/">The Hoya (Georgetown&#8217;s Student Newspaper):</a></p>
<blockquote><p>Georgetown University began a search for candidates to work as the librarian for collections on slavery, memory and reconciliation, a position established to support the university’s engagement with its historical role in the institution of slavery.</p>
<p>The librarian will work with individuals and organizations at Georgetown and other institutions to address contemporary issues about the effects of slavery, according to the online job <a href="https://georgetown.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/Georgetown_Admin_Careers/job/Main-Campus/Librarian---University-Initiatives-and-Collections-on-Slavery-Memory--and-Reconciliation_JR07058">posting</a>.</p>
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<p>Despite the early August job posting, the university is still at the beginning of its search for candidates for the position, according to Meg Oakley (LAW ’87), acting associate Georgetown University librarian for scholarly resources and services.</p>
<p>“The idea for this position was formed several years ago as the Library was exploring how we could best support the initiatives identified in the Report of the Working Group on Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation,” Oakley wrote in an email to The Hoya. “The search is in the early stages, so we are still collecting resumes.”</p></blockquote>
<p>Read the <a href="https://thehoya.com/search-begins-librarian-oversee-collections-slavery/">Complete Article (approx. 785 words)</a></p>NewsSat, 07 Sep 2019 13:57:40 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=119014Gary Price2019-09-07T13:57:40ZUNLV Alumna Beverly Rogers Establishing a $5 Million Endowment to Support a Rare Books Curator and Bolster Rare Books Collection at UNLV University Librarieshttps://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/06/unlv-alumna-beverly-rogers-establishing-a-5-million-endowment-to-support-a-rare-books-curator-and-bolster-the-rare-books-collection-at-the-unlv-university-libraries/
From UNLV: UNLV alumna Beverly Rogers is establishing a $5 million endowment to support a rare books curator and bolster the rare books collection at the UNLV University Libraries. The endowment will fund the Beverly Rogers Rare Books Curator, the first named position in the University Libraries. Rogers will also donate her personal book collection, [&#8230;]<p>From <a href="https://www.unlv.edu/news/release/beverly-rogers-establishes-5-million-endowment-rare-books-curator-collection-unlv">UNLV:</a></p>
<blockquote><p>UNLV alumna Beverly Rogers is establishing a $5 million endowment to support a rare books curator and bolster the rare books collection at the <a href="https://www.library.unlv.edu/">UNLV University Libraries</a>.</p>
<p><div id="attachment_118978" style="width: 511px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-118978" class="wp-image-118978" src="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-07_12-06-57.png" alt="Beverly Rogers" width="501" height="241" srcset="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-07_12-06-57.png 608w, https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-07_12-06-57-170x82.png 170w" sizes="(max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px" /><p id="caption-attachment-118978" class="wp-caption-text">Beverly Rogers</p></div></p>
<p>The endowment will fund the Beverly Rogers Rare Books Curator, the first named position in the University Libraries. Rogers will also donate her personal book collection, valued at more than $1 million, to the libraries’ <a href="https://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/">Special Collections and Archives division</a>.</p>
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<p>The Rogers collection contains four sub-genres: Victorian First Editions; Joseph Conrad Firsts &#38; Association copies; John Steinbeck Firsts &#38; Association copies; and “Books About Books.”</p>
<p>“This unique collection of Victorian literature, forgeries, railway editions, catalogs, serial magazines, and first editions is unrivaled in the Southwest. Bev’s collection will be an amazing collection for researchers and UNLV students to utilize and enhance our reputation as an R1 institution,” said Maggie Farrell, dean of the University Libraries at UNLV. “We are honored that Bev has chosen to establish this endowment for UNLV and will entrust her collection to our Special Collections and Archives.”</p></blockquote>
<p>Learn <a href="https://www.unlv.edu/news/release/beverly-rogers-establishes-5-million-endowment-rare-books-curator-collection-unlv">More, Read the Complete Announcement</a></p>NewsSat, 07 Sep 2019 03:59:40 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=118977Gary Price2019-09-07T03:59:40ZA New and Free Resource From the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF): “Read Banned Comics”https://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/06/a-new-and-free-resource-from-the-comic-book-legal-defense-fund-cbldf-read-banned-comics/
From the CBLDF: Banned Books Week is happening September 22 – 28, and CBLDF is excited to release Read Banned Comics to help you get ready for all the festivities! Read it online below or grab your copy at your local comic shop today! [Clip] Read Banned Comics is a free resource that delves into comics that are [&#8230;]<p>From the <a class="clutterFree_existingDuplicate clutterFree_noIcon cf_div_theme_dark" href="http://cbldf.org/2019/09/get-cbldfs-newest-publication-read-banned-comics-for-free-today-2/">CBLDF:</a></p>
<blockquote><p><img class="wp-image-118969 alignright" src="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-06_16-14-20.png" alt="" width="226" height="350" srcset="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-06_16-14-20.png 605w, https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-06_16-14-20-110x170.png 110w" sizes="(max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px" />Banned Books Week is happening September 22 – 28, and CBLDF is excited to release <strong><em>Read Banned Comics</em></strong> to help you get ready for all the festivities! Read it online below or grab your copy at your local comic shop today!</p>
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<p><em>Read Banned Comics</em> is a free resource that delves into comics that are challenged, how to report and fight censorship, programming ideas, and more tips to make a celebration of Banned Books Week in your community! CBLDF is an official sponsor of Banned Books Week, and this year’s theme is <strong>Censorship Leaves Us in The Dark</strong>, and offers the call to action for everyone to <em><strong>Keep The Light On</strong></em>. The annual celebration of the freedom to read will be observed in libraries, schools, bookstores, and other community settings across the nation and the world.</p></blockquote>
<p>Direct to <a class="clutterFree_existingDuplicate clutterFree_noIcon cf_div_theme_dark" href="http://cbldf.org/2019/09/get-cbldfs-newest-publication-read-banned-comics-for-free-today-2/"><em>Read Banned Comics</em> and Several Additional CBLDF Resources</a></p>NewsFri, 06 Sep 2019 20:16:36 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=118968Gary Price2019-09-06T20:16:36Z20 Years in the Making: Swiss Film Archives Inaugurates New Research Centrehttps://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/06/20-years-in-the-making-swiss-film-archives-inaugurates-new-research-centre/
From SwissInfo.ch: Twenty years in the making, the Swiss National Film Archives – or Cinematheque &#8211; on Friday inaugurated a modern new research and archive centre at Penthaz in western Switzerland. [Clip] The CHF50-million ($50 million) centre stores 85,000 film titles, or 700,000 reels, as well as 2.5 million photographs, 500,000 posters, 26,000 books, 2,000 rare [&#8230;]<p>From <a class="clutterFree_existingDuplicate clutterFree_noIcon cf_div_theme_dark" href="https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/film-heritage_swiss-film-archives-inaugurates-new-research-centre/45211746">SwissInfo.ch:</a></p>
<blockquote><p>Twenty years in the making, the Swiss National Film Archives – or <a class="cf_div_theme_dark clutterFree_existingDuplicate clutterFree_noIcon" href="https://www.cinematheque.ch/f/" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">Cinematheque </a>&#8211; on Friday inaugurated a modern new research and archive centre at Penthaz in western Switzerland.</p>
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<p>The CHF50-million ($50 million) centre stores 85,000 film titles, or 700,000 reels, as well as 2.5 million photographs, 500,000 posters, 26,000 books, 2,000 rare film cameras, and other valuable film paraphernalia in its deep vaults, which stretch over an area equivalent to the size of three football pitches. The site also houses a 40-seat cinema, a museum area and conference rooms. It employs around 50 people – from film restoration specialists to IT technicians.</p>
<p><img class="wp-image-118966 aligncenter" src="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-06_16-08-56.png" alt="" width="490" height="379" srcset="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-06_16-08-56.png 668w, https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-06_16-08-56-170x131.png 170w" sizes="(max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px" /></p>
<p>“This is one of the most important collections of film treasures in the world. But what is particularly remarkable, is that it constitutes the memory of Swiss cinema,” said Alain Berset, the minister whose portfolio includes culture, at the inauguration.</p>
<p>The International Federation of Film Archives (FAIF) has also described the Swiss collection as one of the ten most important film archives in the world.</p></blockquote>
<p>Learn <a class="clutterFree_existingDuplicate clutterFree_noIcon cf_div_theme_dark" href="https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/film-heritage_swiss-film-archives-inaugurates-new-research-centre/45211746">More, Read the Complete Article</a></p>NewsFri, 06 Sep 2019 20:09:37 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=118965Gary Price2019-09-06T20:09:37ZImproved Retrieval: The National Archives (NARA) Catalog Adds OCR (Optical Character Recognition) For Some Recordshttps://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/06/research-tools-the-national-archives-nara-catalog-adds-ocr-optical-character-recognition/
From the National Archives (NARA) Catalog Newsletter: With more than 92 million pages of digitized records available to search in the National Archives Catalog, we are always working on ways to improve search results to better help you find what you’re looking for. [Clip] OCR converts images that contain typed, handwritten, or printed text into [&#8230;]<p>From the <a href="https://us11.campaign-archive.com/?u=bfeaf03e7b0b1636c0b375892&#38;id=00d17c58fe">National Archives (NARA) Catalog Newsletter:</a></p>
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<p>With more than 92 million pages of digitized records available to search in the <a href="https://catalog.archives.gov/">National Archives Catalog</a>, we are always working on ways to improve search results to better help you find what you’re looking for.</p>
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<p>OCR converts images that contain typed, handwritten, or printed text into text that can be read and searched by a computer.&#160;</p>
<p>Previously, records in the <a href="https://catalog.archives.gov/">Catalog</a> were only searchable based on the titles, descriptions, and other fields entered by archivists, or by tags and transcriptions entered by citizen archivists. Now, with OCR capability, text from some images in the Catalog can be extracted, making that text searchable and more likely to come up in your search results.&#160;</p>
<p>Currently, the Catalog’s new OCR engine is applied to records in either JPG or PDF format added to the Catalog since June 2019. NARA is exploring how to retroactively process records from before that point, but right now this feature applies to millions of pages!&#160;</p>
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<p>NARA’s new OCR engine is powered by the open source <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesseract_(software)?utm_source=newsletter&#38;utm_medium=email&#38;utm_campaign=ocr-sept2019">Tesseract</a> software. As records are added to NARA’s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_S3?utm_source=newsletter&#38;utm_medium=email&#38;utm_campaign=ocr-sept2019">Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 cloud storage</a>, it is run through image processing powered by a series of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AWS_Lambda?utm_source=newsletter&#38;utm_medium=email&#38;utm_campaign=ocr-sept2019">AWS Lambda</a> functions.</p>
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<p>Read the <a href="https://us11.campaign-archive.com/?u=bfeaf03e7b0b1636c0b375892&#38;id=00d17c58fe">Complete Article For More Information and Search Examples</a></p>
<figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-13_11-28-14.png" alt="" class="wp-image-119264" srcset="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-13_11-28-14.png 648w, https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-13_11-28-14-170x14.png 170w" sizes="(max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px" /></figure>NewsFri, 06 Sep 2019 15:28:51 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=119262Gary Price2019-09-06T15:28:51ZResearch Article: “Journals’ Instructions to Authors: A Cross-Sectional Study Across Scientific Disciplines”https://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/06/research-article-journals-instructions-to-authors-a-cross-sectional-study-across-scientific-disciplines/
The following article was recently published by PLoS One. Title Journals&#8217; Instructions to Authors: A Cross-Sectional Study Across Scientific Disciplines Authors Mario MaličkiAmsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, ACHIEVE Centre for Applied Research, Faculty of Health, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam, the Netherlands IJsbrand Jan AalbersbergElsevier [&#8230;]<p>The following article was recently published by PLoS One. </p>
<p><strong>Title</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222157">Journals&#8217; Instructions to Authors: A Cross-Sectional Study Across Scientific Disciplines</a><br /><br /><strong>Authors</strong></p>
<p>Mario Malički<br /><em>Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, ACHIEVE Centre for Applied Research, Faculty of Health, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam, the Netherlands</em><br /><br />IJsbrand Jan Aalbersberg<br /><em>Elsevier</em><br /><br />Lex Bouter<br /><em>Amsterdam UMC, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands</em><br /><br />Gerben ter Riet<br /><em>Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, ACHIEVE Centre for Applied Research, Faculty of Health, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam, the Netherlands</em><br /><br /><strong>Source</strong></p>
<p>PLoS ONE 14(9): e0222157<br />DOI: <em>10.1371/journal.pone.0222157</em></p>
<div><strong>Abstract</strong></div>
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<div>In light of increasing calls for transparent reporting of research and prevention of detrimental research practices, we conducted a cross-sectional machine-assisted analysis of a representative sample of scientific journals’ instructions to authors (ItAs) across all disciplines. We investigated addressing of 19 topics related to transparency in reporting and research integrity. Only three topics were addressed in more than one third of ItAs: conflicts of interest, plagiarism, and the type of peer review the journal employs. Health and Life Sciences journals, journals published by medium or large publishers, and journals registered in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) were more likely to address many of the analysed topics, while Arts &#38; Humanities journals were least likely to do so. Despite the recent calls for transparency and integrity in research, our analysis shows that most scientific journals need to update their ItAs to align them with practices which prevent detrimental research practices and ensure transparent reporting of research.</div>
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<div>Direct to <a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222157">Full Text Article</a><br /><br /></div>
<p></p>NewsFri, 06 Sep 2019 13:39:42 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=118954Gary Price2019-09-06T13:39:42ZResearch Article (Preprint): “How Much Research Shared on Facebook is Hidden From Public View? A Comparison of Public and Private Online Activity Around PLOS One Papers”https://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/05/research-article-preprint-how-much-research-shared-on-facebook-is-hidden-from-public-view-a-comparison-of-public-and-private-online-activity-around-plos-one-papers/
The following research paper (preprint) was recently posted on arXiv. Title How Much Research Shared on Facebook is Hidden From Public View? A Comparison of Public and Private Online Activity Around PLOS One Papers Authors Asura Enkhbayar Scholarly Communications Lab, Simon Fraser University Stefanie Haustein Scholarly Communications Lab, Simon Fraser University University of Ottawa CIRST, [&#8230;]<p>The following research paper (preprint) was recently posted on arXiv.</p>
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<p><a class="clutterFree_existingDuplicate clutterFree_noIcon cf_div_theme_dark" href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1909.01476">How Much Research Shared on Facebook is Hidden From Public View? A Comparison of Public and Private Online Activity Around PLOS One Papers</a></p>
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<p>Asura Enkhbayar<br />
<em>Scholarly Communications Lab, Simon Fraser University</em></p>
<p>Stefanie Haustein<br />
<em>Scholarly Communications Lab, Simon Fraser University<br />
University of Ottawa<br />
CIRST, Université du Québec à Montréal<br />
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<p>Germana Barata<br />
<em>State University of Campinas (Brazil)</em></p>
<p>Juan Pablo Alperin<br />
<em>Scholarly Communications Lab, Simon Fraser University</em><br />
<em>School of Publishing, Simon Fraser University</em></p>
<p><strong>Source</strong></p>
<p>via arXiv<br />
arXiv:1909.01476v1</p>
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<blockquote><p>Despite its undisputed position as the biggest social media platform, Facebook has never entered the main stage of altmetrics research. In this study, we argue that the lack of attention by altmetrics researchers is not due to a lack of relevant activity on the platform, but because of the challenges in collecting Facebook data have been limited to activity that takes place in a select group of public pages and groups. We present a new method of collecting shares, reactions, and comments across the platform-including private timelines-and use it to gather data for all articles published between 2015 to 2017 in the journal PLOS ONE. We compare the gathered data with altmetrics collected and aggregated by Altmetric. The results show that 58.7% of papers shared on the platform happen outside of public view and that, when collecting all shares, the volume of activity approximates patterns of engagement previously only observed for Twitter. Both results suggest that the role and impact of Facebook as a medium for science and scholarly communication has been underestimated. Furthermore, they emphasise the importance of openness and transparency around the collection and aggregation of altmetrics.</p></blockquote>
<p>Direct to <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1909.01476">Full Text Article</a><br />
<em>26 pages; PDF.</em></p>NewsThu, 05 Sep 2019 23:57:56 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=118947Gary Price2019-09-05T23:57:56ZA Few New Reference Resources for the New NFL Seasonhttps://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/05/a-few-reference-resources-for-the-new-nfl-season/
The 100th season of the National Football League begins tonight. Here are a few official reference resources direct from the league to access and download. 2019 Official NFL Records and Fact Book (907 pages; PDF) 2019 Official Playing Rules of the NFL Links to Fact-Rich Media Guides For ALL TEAMS Week One Game Capsules<p style="text-align: left;">The 100th season of the National Football League begins tonight. Here are a few official reference resources direct from the league to access and download.</p>
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<li><a href="https://operations.nfl.com/media/3823/2019-nfl-record-and-fact-book.pdf">2019 Official NFL Records and Fact Book (907 pages; PDF)</a></li>
<li><a class="cf_div_theme_dark clutterFree_existingDuplicate clutterFree_noIcon" href="https://nflcommunications.com/Documents/2019%20Playing%20Rules.pdf">2019 Official Playing Rules of the NFL</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.nfl.com/media-guides">Links to Fact-Rich Media Guides For ALL TEAMS</a></li>
<li><a href="https://nflcommunications.com/Documents/2019%20Football%20Information/Capsules/Week%201%20Capsules.pdf">Week One Game Capsules</a></li>
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<p><img class="wp-image-118932 aligncenter" src="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-05_17-06-33.png" alt="" width="353" height="483" srcset="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-05_17-06-33.png 490w, https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-05_17-06-33-124x170.png 124w" sizes="(max-width: 353px) 100vw, 353px" /></p>NewsThu, 05 Sep 2019 21:09:18 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=118931Gary Price2019-09-05T21:09:18ZMeeting Report: “It’s a Movement, Not a Club”: TOME in the Growing Landscape of Open Monograph Publishing”https://www.infodocket.com/2019/09/05/meeting-report-its-a-movement-not-a-club-tome-in-the-growing-landscape-of-open-monograph-publishing/
From an Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Blog Post by Judy Ruttenberg: The Association of American Universities (AAU), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and the Association of University Presses (AUPresses) jointly hosted a meeting on July 22, 2019, in Washington, DC, of the TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem) community. TOME is a five-year pilot [&#8230;]<p>From an <a href="https://www.arl.org/news/tome-open-monograph-initiative-reports-progress-identifies-next-steps/">Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Blog Post by Judy Ruttenberg:</a></p>
<blockquote><p><img class="wp-image-118927 alignright" src="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-05_16-35-30.png" alt="" width="251" height="327" srcset="https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-05_16-35-30.png 552w, https://www.infodocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-05_16-35-30-131x170.png 131w" sizes="(max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px" />The Association of American Universities (AAU), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and the Association of University Presses (AUPresses) jointly hosted a meeting on July 22, 2019, in Washington, DC, of the <a href="https://www.arl.org/category/our-priorities/scholars-scholarship/scholarly-publishing/tome/">TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem)</a> community. TOME is a five-year pilot initiative of the three associations that supports the digital publication of peer-reviewed scholarly books by participating university presses, allowing the open-access (OA) publication of these works online and broadly improving access to these works by scholars and the public.</p>
<p>In this third year of the pilot, presenters reported on the initiative’s progress. Sixteen universities currently participate in TOME, providing baseline grants to publish open-access monographs. Sixty-two participating university presses have published 18 TOME books to date. Representatives of three participating presses and four participating universities related their perspectives on TOME. The meeting concluded with a discussion of actionable steps. The group agreed to highlight TOME’s connection to the larger conversation around sustainable scholarly infrastructure, including lowering the financial and time commitment for participating in TOME. Emphasizing that TOME is a movement not a club, the participants support and are engaged with other OA monograph initiatives.</p></blockquote>
<p>Direct to <a class="cf_div_theme_dark" href="https://www.arl.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019.09.05-tome-report.pdf">Full Text Report</a><br />
29 pages; PDF.</p>NewsThu, 05 Sep 2019 20:39:50 GMThttps://www.infodocket.com/?p=118919Gary Price2019-09-05T20:39:50Z